Cool Word: cattalo

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   The Learning Kingdom's Cool Word of the Day for October 11, 1999
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                        cattalo [n. KAT-ul-oh]

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A cattalo (sometimes spelled catalo) is an animal produced by
cross-breeding the American bison (buffalo) and beef cattle.  It's
also known as a beefalo.  Most cattaloes are 3/8 bison and 5/8
cattle.  The meat of a cattalo is usually leaner than that of a cow
and lower in cholesterol.

Like the animal it names, the word is a compound of cattle and
buffalo.  There are many other interesting "cross-breed" words,
including liger (lion and tiger), pluot (plum and apricot), and
jackelope (a fictional cross between an antelope and a jackrabbit).

The first attempt at breeding cattalo was not very successful.  In
the 1880s, Charles "Buffalo" Jones produced an ill-tempered animal
that seemed to combine the worst features of both species.

The first cattalo were not very nice:
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