• (n.) A large antelope (Alcelaphus bubalis) of Egypt and the Desert of Sahara, supposed by some to be the fallow deer of the Bible.
Bu'ba·le noun [ Confer French bubale . See Buffalo , noun ] (Zoology) A large antelope ( Alcelaphus bubalis ) of Egypt and the Desert of Sahara, supposed by some to be the fallow deer of the Bible.