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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A hybrid that results from a cross between the North American bison (buffalo) and beef cattle and is typically 3/8 bison and 5/8 domestic cattle. Beefalo yields leaner beef than conventional breeds of cattle.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun 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 Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A cross between a domestic cow and an American buffalo or bison.
  • noun The meat of such a hybrid.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun hardy breed of cattle resulting from crossing domestic cattle with the American buffalo; yields leaner beef than conventional breeds

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Blend of beef and buffalo.]

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Blend of beef and buffalo

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