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A very large and savage species of the same genus (B. Caffer) found in South Africa; -- called also Cape buffalo.

The head of the male is covered with numerous elongated feathers, and thus appears large. Called also bufflehead.

A pad or cushion forming the end of a fender, which recieves the blow; -- sometimes called buffing apparatus.

for the driver. -- Buggy plow, a plow, or set of plows, having a seat for the driver; -- called also sulky plow.

ch used in military bands, very rarely in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; -- called also the Kent bugle.

A plant of the genus Anchusa, and especially the A. officinalis, sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue. Small wild bugloss, the Asperugo procumbens and the Lycopsis arvensis. -- Viper's bugloss, a species of Echium.

art whence the hair originates. -- Bulb of the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, often called simply bulb. -- Bulb of a tooth, the vascular and nervous papilla contained in the cavity of the tooth.

the flowers, as in some onions, and capable, when separated, of propagating the plant; -- called also bulblet and brood bud.

o a bull; resembling a bull; male; large; fierce. Bull bat (Zoöl.), the night hawk; -- so called from the loud noise it makes while feeding on the wing, in the evening. -- Bull calf. (a) A stupid fellow. -- Bull mackerel (Zoöl.), the chub mackerel. -- Bull pump (Mining), a direct single-acting pumping engine, in whi…

y the Indians for a sort of bread, and by the negroes as an ingredient in making beer; -- called also bamboo brier and China brier.

almon trout of several species, as Salmo trutta and S. Cambricus, which ascend rivers; -- called also sea trout.

og courage; bulldog tenacity. Bulldog bat (zo'94l.), a bat of the genus Nyctinomus; -- so called from the shape of its face.

the genus Uranidea, esp. U. gobio of Europe, and U. Richardsoni of the United States; -- called also miller's thumb.

A large bee of the genus Bombus, sometimes called humblebee; -- so named from its sound.

beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) Onr from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called brace bumpkin. (c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen. [Written also boomkin.]

A small marine Asiatic fish (Saurus ophidon) used in India as a relish; -- called also Bombay duck.

hstag are vested the legislative functions. The federal council of Switzerland is also so called.

A division of the herbivorous mammals including the hogs and hippopotami; -- so called because the teeth are tuberculated.

foetida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand.

the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur; -- called also ball fish, balloon fish, and swellfish.