ˈbuffel(l
var. of buffle, Obs., buffalo.
† 1. buffel duck = bufflehead 2. Also buffel's head duck. Obs. U.S.
| 1731 Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina I. 95/1 The Buffel's Head Duck. Ibid., The length and looseness of these Feathers make the Head appear bigger than it is, which seems to have given it the Name of Buffel's Head, that Animal's Head appearing very big by it's being covered with very thick long Hair. 1785 Pennant Arctic Zool. II. 559 Pied and buffel duck. 1831 Wilson & Bonaparte Amer. Ornith. IV. 351 Red headed buffel duck. |
2. buffel grass [Du. buffel gras] = buffalo grass (b).
| [1915 R. Marloth Flora S. Afr. IV. 22 Buffelgras.] 1955 J. Cleary Justin Bayard xii. 182 Between the patch of buffel grass and the grey-blue slate was a small strip of fine sand. 1958 Austral. Encycl. IV. 126/1 Introduced species [of]..fodder plants..from Africa, veldt..buffel (Cenchrus ciliaris)..grasses. |