Buffalo
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(bos bubalus). So does the D.V. translate the Hebrew, yáhmûr, (1 Kg 5:3). Being a denizen of marshy and swampy lands, the buffalo must have been scarcely known by the Hebrews. Moreover, its coarse, unpleasant smelling flesh seems to exclude the identification with the animal referred to in the above mentioned passage, where we should probably read roebuck.
Portions of this entry are taken from The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1907.
