Meaning & use
Catalo
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A hybrid animal bred from domestic cattle and the American bison (buffalo).
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Ranchers in the early 1900s experimented with breeding catalo for hardier livestock.
The catalo combined the bison's hardiness with the cattle's higher meat yield.
A note on using this word
A blend of "cattle" and "buffalo"; the term is largely historical, and modern breeders more often use "beefalo" for similar cattle-bison crosses.
Words with a similar meaning
cattalobeefalo
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