Definition of "carabao" []

• See water buffalo. (noun)

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• "The carabao is a great friend of Filipino boys and girls."
• "[Page 10] the tillers of the soil wading barefoot and bareheaded in mud and water, holding plough or harrow drawn by an amphibious creature called a carabao or water-buffalo, burying by hand in the mire the roots of young rice plants, or applying as a fertiliser the ordure and garbage of the city."
• "Inarajan Mayor Franklin Taitague said, based on an account from one of the victim's relatives, the 46-year-old was riding a carabao, which is about two years old."