yakalo
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈjækəloʊ/
Noun edit
yakalo (plural yakalos)
- A hybrid cross of a yak (Bos grunniens) and an American bison (Bison bison).
- 1924 July 8, “Breed Yaks with Bison: New Animal Called Yakalo Good Beef Producer”, in Ogden Standard-Examiner[1], Ogden, Utah, page 8:
- “Yakalos” breed true to type, are sturdy and able to forage for themselves, he said.
- 1926 December 23, “Yakalos, New Stock Breed, May Solve Meat Problem”, in Indiana Weekly Messenger[2], Indiana, Pennsylvania, page 7:
- The meat of yakalos is said to be almost identical with beef aside from being finer-grained.
- 1975 November 2, D.K. Woodman, “The Case of the Reluctant Tibetan Yak”, in Mansfield News-Journal[3], Mansfield, Ohio, page 4C:
- Instead of beefalo, he would have yakalo.