water buffalo
Rice paddy beast
A water buffalo is a large domesticated bovine native to South Asia, with distinctive curved horns and a preference for wallowing in water or mud.
Used extensively as a draft animal for plowing rice paddies and pulling carts, it remains essential to agriculture across Asia.
Water buffalo milk is richer than cow's milk and used to make mozzarella.
The wild water buffalo, from which domestic breeds descend, is now endangered.
Mild Italian cheese
- cheeseFermented milk solid
- curdCoagulated milk solids
- gheeButter with milk removed
- yogurtFermented milk product
cream · milking · dairy production · animal husbandry · livestock · carabao
Philippine draft bovine
- PhilippinesSoutheast Asian archipelago nation
- VietnamSoutheast Asian coastal nation
- ThailandSoutheast Asian kingdom
- Southeast AsiaTropical peninsula and islands
Roll around in mud
- wallowingIndulging without restraint
- mudWet soil mixture
- bogAcidic peat wetland
- marshGrassy waterlogged lowland
wetland · swamp · waterhole · riverbank · floodplain · monsoon · tropical · savanna
Flooded fields for grain
- paddy fieldsIrrigated land for grain
- plowTool for turning soil
- yokeCrosspiece binding draft animals
- furrowNarrow trench in earth
tillage · draught · draft animal · beast of burden · irrigation · farmer · field · crop
mozzarella
Mild Italian cheese
yogurt · cream · milking · dairy production · animal husbandry · livestock · carabao
carabao
Philippine draft bovine
- PhilippinesSoutheast Asian archipelago nation
- VietnamSoutheast Asian coastal nation
- ThailandSoutheast Asian kingdom
Southeast Asia · India · China · Indonesia · Nepal · Bangladesh · Mekong
wallow
Roll around in mud
marsh · wetland · swamp · waterhole · riverbank · floodplain · monsoon · tropical · savanna · grassland
rice paddies
Flooded fields for grain
- paddy fieldsIrrigated land for grain
- plowTool for turning soil
- yokeCrosspiece binding draft animals
furrow · tillage · draught · draft animal · beast of burden · irrigation · farmer · field · crop · soil
horns
Bony animal projections
ungulate · ruminant · brawn · strength · power · muscle · endurance · stamina · robustness · sturdiness
- Asian Naturebamboo forest, Bengal tiger, giant panda, Himalayas, rice paddy
- Asian farmingrice paddies, rice farming, rice fields, paddy fields, rice cultivation
- rice farmingpaddy field, rice paddy, paddies, flooded field, rice cultivation
- wild cattleaurochs, bison, wisent, yak, American bison
- Indus ValleyIndus Valley, citadel, drainage system, priest-king, Indus River
- South Asian livestockzebu, yak
water buffaloAmerican bison
North America's largest land mammal
wisent · musk ox · yak · Highland cattle · Texas longhorn