Buffalypsoとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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• Buffalypso

語源

Blend of buffalo +‎ calypso

名詞

buffalypso (複数形 buffalypso)

1. A variety of water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), developed in 1949 by Trinidad veterinarian Stephen Bennett for meat and haulage.
   • 1984, New Zealand Veterinary Association: Dairy Cattle Society, Proceedings of the Seminar, page 127:

     If we were able to substantially increase the size of Trinidad and Tobago's buffalypso herd, we would have an extremely valuable export commodity.

   • 1989, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, Strategy of Action for Reactivation of Agriculture in the Caribbean Countries, page 44:

     These techniques would also promote the exploitation of unique material, such as the buffalypso of Trinidad and Tobago and blackbelly sheep of Barbados.

   • 2014, Sarah Cameron, Trinidad and Tobago Footprint Focus Guide, →ISBN, page 58..:

     Driving south from Port of Spain along the Uriah Butler highway, you will see sugar, citrus and rice fields, maybe a few buffalypso (buffaloes which have been selectively bred for meat), and Hindu temples and mosques.