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a slow, powerful buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, native to South Asia, Malaya, and the Philippine Islands, having a pair of large, strong horns growing from the sides of the head, domesticated and reared for milk and used as a draft animal; she-buffalo.
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(fig.) a person who is slow in action, slow-witted and insensitive.
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(chiefly in composition) a big or large one.
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ಎಮ್ಮೆಚರ್ಮದವನು(ಳು, ರು) emme charmadavanu(ḷu, ru) (fig.) a man (or woman or persons) slow-witted, insensitive and deliberately indifferent to blame, criticism, insults, etc.; a thick-skinned man (woman, person); ಎಮ್ಮೆಯ ಹಾಗೆ ಬಿದ್ದುಕೊಂಡಿರು emmeya hāge biddukoṇḍiru to sleep very well; to sleep like a log; ಎಮ್ಮೆ ಮೇಲೆ ಮಳೆಹುಯ್ದಹಾಗೆ emme mēle maḷe huyda hāge (prov.) (proverbial analogy) like providing comfort to a lazy person, which would further slow down the work being done by him or her; ಎಮ್ಮೆಗೆ ಎರಡು ಕೊಂಬಾದರೆ, ಹೆಮ್ಮೆಗೆ ಎಂಟು ಕೋಡು emmege eraḍu kombādare, hemmege eṇṭu kōḍu (prov.) haughtiness is more offensive than the spear; ಎಮ್ಮೆಯ ಉಚ್ಚೆ ಇರುವೆಗೆ ಜಲಪ್ರಳಯ emmeya ucce iruvege jalapraḷaya (prov.) even petty difficulties may be disastrous for fragile persons.