Plural form of bubale, referring to multiple extinct African antelopes, or historically to herds of these animals.
The plural of bubale, formed with the standard English -s or -es suffix. As the animal is now extinct, this form appears mainly in historical and scientific texts.
Using the plural of an extinct animal in scientific writing is like speaking about ghosts—these word forms preserve the grammar of a living ecosystem that vanished within living memory.
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