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carabao

noun ca·ra·bao \ˌker-ə-ˈbau̇, ˌkär-, ˌka-rə-\
plural ca·ra·bao or ca·ra·baos

Definition of CARABAO

:  water buffalo
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Origin of CARABAO

Phillippine Spanish, from Visayan of Samar and Leyte karabáw
First Known Use: 1900

Rhymes with CARABAO

anyhow, cat's meow, curaçao, Curaçao, disallow, disavow, disendow, here and now, Hu Jintao, Krakatau, middlebrow, Mindanao, sacred cow, simple vow, solemn vow

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