A large, powerful water buffalo found in Southeast Asia, domesticated for farm labor and also wild in some regions.
From Tagalog (Philippines) 'carabao,' derived from Malay 'karbau,' ultimately from Sanskrit 'mahisha' meaning water buffalo; the word spread through colonial contact.
Carabaos have been essential to Asian agriculture for thousands of years—they can plow fields in rice paddies that regular cattle can't handle, and they love water!
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