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The Lakota had many specific terms for buffalo. These include:
- pte (a buffalo cow)
- ptehchaka (any buffalo)
- tatanka (a buffalo bull, but also a male moose, bear)
- ptehinchala (a buffalo calf)
- heyuktan (a buffalo with bent horns)
- ptesan (a white buffalo)
- ptezinchala (a buffalo calf)
- heshlushluta (a smooth horned buffalo)
- tabloka (a buffalo bull, bull moose, male grizzly)
- tasha (red buffalo)
- p'ta (a male buffalo)
- ptesan (yellowish-white buffalo cow)
- ptasapa (black male buffalo)
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