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(Encyclopedia)buffalo bur: see nightshade.buffalo clover
(Encyclopedia)buffalo clover: see lupine.buffalo fish
(Encyclopedia)buffalo fish: see sucker.buffalo, in zoology
(Encyclopedia)buffalo, name commonly applied to the American bison but correctly restricted to certain related African and Asian mammals of the cattle family. The water buffalo, or Indian buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, ...Monroe, Bill
(Encyclopedia)Monroe, Bill (William Smith Monroe), 1911–96, country singer, musician, and songwriter, often called the “father of bluegrass,” b. Rosine, Ky. A m...Blass, Bill
(Encyclopedia)Blass, Bill (William Ralph Blass), 1922–2002, American fashion designer, b. Fort Wayne, Ind. Active for three decades, he was most noted for high-quality, high-priced, and quintessentially American ...crane's-bill
(Encyclopedia)crane's-bill: see geranium.Ford, Bill
(Encyclopedia)Ford, Bill: see under Ford, Henry. ...Williams, Bill
(Encyclopedia)Williams, Bill: see Williams, William Sherley. ...Mauldin, Bill
(Encyclopedia)Mauldin, Bill (William Henry Mauldin), 1921–2003, American cartoonist, b. Mountain Park, N.Mex. During World War II, in which he served as an infantryman-cartoonist in Italy, France, and Germany, Ma...Browse by Subject
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