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Ophiodon elongatus
Buffalo Buf"fa*lo, n.; pl. Buffaloes. [Sp. bufalo (cf. It. bufalo, F. buffle), fr. L. bubalus, bufalus, a kind of African stag or gazelle; also, the buffalo or wild ox, fr. Gr. ? buffalo, prob. fr. ? ox. See Cow the animal, and cf. Buff the color, and Bubale.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A species of the genus Bos or Bubalus (B. bubalus), originally from India, but now found in most of the warmer countries of the eastern continent. It is larger and less docile than the common ox, and is fond of marshy places and rivers. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A very large and savage species of the same genus (B. Caffer) found in South Africa; -- called also Cape buffalo. 3. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of wild ox. 4. (Zo["o]l.) The bison of North America. 5. A buffalo robe. See Buffalo robe, below. 6. (Zo["o]l.) The buffalo fish. See Buffalo fish, below. Buffalo berry (Bot.), a shrub of the Upper Missouri (Sherherdia argentea) with acid edible red berries. Buffalo bird (Zo["o]l.), an African bird of the genus Buphaga, of two species. These birds perch upon buffaloes and cattle, in search of parasites. Buffalo bug, the carpet beetle. See under Carpet. Buffalo chips, dry dung of the buffalo, or bison, used for fuel. [U.S.] Buffalo clover (Bot.), a kind of clover (Trifolium reflexum and T.soloniferum) found in the ancient grazing grounds of the American bison. Buffalo cod (Zo["o]l.), a large, edible, marine fish (Ophiodon elongatus) of the northern Pacific coast; -- called also blue cod, and cultus cod. Buffalo fish (Zo["o]l.), one of several large fresh-water fishes of the family Catostomid[ae], of the Mississippi valley. The red-mouthed or brown (Ictiobus bubalus), the big-mouthed or black (Bubalichthys urus), and the small-mouthed (B. altus), are among the more important species used as food. Buffalo fly, or Buffalo gnat (Zo["o]l.), a small dipterous insect of the genus Simulium, allied to the black fly of the North. It is often extremely abundant in the lower part of the Mississippi valley and does great injury to domestic animals, often killing large numbers of cattle and horses. In Europe the Columbatz fly is a species with similar habits. Buffalo grass (Bot.), a species of short, sweet grass (Buchlo["e] dactyloides), from two to four inches high, covering the prairies on which the buffaloes, or bisons, feed. [U.S.] Buffalo nut (Bot.), the oily and drupelike fruit of an American shrub (Pyrularia oleifera); also, the shrub itself; oilnut. Buffalo robe, the skin of the bison of North America, prepared with the hair on; -- much used as a lap robe in sleighs.
Rachiodont
Rachiodont Ra"chi*o*dont, a. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Rhachiodont.

Meaning of Hiodon from wikipedia

- called mooneyes, is a family of ray-finned fish with a single included genus Hiodon. The genus comprise two extant species native to North America and three...
- Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hiodon alosoides. The goldeye (Hiodon alosoides) is a freshwater fish found in Canada and the northern United States...
- Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hiodon tergisus. Hiodon tergisus, the mooneye, is a freshwater fish that is widespread across eastern North America...
- sensu stricto Genus Hiodon Lesueur 1818 [(syn: Amphiodon Rafinesque 1819 non Huber 1909; Hiodon (Amphiodon) (Rafinesque 1819); Hiodon (Clodalus) Rafinesque...
- Hiodon woodruffi is an extinct species of bony fish in the mooneye family, Hiodontidae. The species is known from fossils found in the early Eocene deposits...
- sturgeon Green sunfish Gymnarchus Hemibagrus wyckioides Hepsetus cuvieri Hiodon tergisus Hoplias aimara Hoplias malabaricus Huchen Hucho taimen Humpback...
- (Notemigonus crysoleucas) Golden topminnow (Fundulus chrysotus) Goldeye (Hiodon alosoides) Goldfish (Car****ius auratus auratus) Goldstripe darter (Etheostoma...
- Goldeyes or Gold Eye may refer to: Goldeye (Hiodon alosoides), a freshwater fish found in Canada Gold-eye lichen (Teloschistes chrysophthalmus) Goldeye...
- sawbelly or mooneye (although this latter name is more commonly applied to Hiodon spp.) Adult alewife are caught during their spring spawning migration upstream...
- (Amia ocellicauda) Family Hiodontidae (mooneyes) Goldeye (Hiodon alosoides) Mooneye (Hiodon tergisus) Family Anguillidae (freshwater eels) American eel...