Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A hybrid that results from a cross between the American buffalo, or bison, and beef cattle and is typically 3/8 buffalo and 5/8 bovine. Beefalo yields leaner beef than conventional breeds of cattle. Also called cattalo.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. A cross between a domestic cow and an American buffalo or bison.
- n. The meat of such a hybrid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. a hardy breed of beef cattle derived as a cross between the American bison and domestic cattle, usually being genetically 3/8 bison and 5/8 domestic bovine; -- it yields leaner beef than conventional breeds.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. hardy breed of cattle resulting from crossing domestic cattle with the American buffalo; yields leaner beef than conventional breeds
Etymologies
Examples
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A relatively recent new food animal, the "beefalo", a cow-bison (buffalo) hybrid, combines the superior hardiness, foraging ability, calving ease and low-fat meat of the bison with the fertility, milking ability and ease of handling of the cow.
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Today, the Department of Agriculture recognizes "beefalo" as a distinct type of meat it comes from hybrids that are mostly bovine, with the bison's genetic contribution ranging from 17% to 37.5%.
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Come birthing season, "it's exciting to walk out and see what you get," says Andrew Hammer , who raises beefalo in Canal Fulton, Ohio.
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The wild bison that roam the West are far closer to authentic bison than farm-raised beefalo; if they contain cattle DNA, it amounts to at most 2% of their genetic makeup.
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Still looks like Recruit Buffalo Butt to me, and is still carrying the same (beefalo cow) chip (pattie) on his shoulder.
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Traditional Indian tacos must include fry bread, meat (beef, buffalo, beefalo, lamb, venison or pork); lettuce, tomato, Cheddar cheese and sour cream.
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They asked for your exact street address and will be contacting you about the deductions you took for the “beefalo” tax shelter last year.
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June 4, 2009 at 1:01 pm yesh! wii call Shadow a herd of beefalo!
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Last time, we were going to our friendly farmer to procure some of his beefalo.
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