Don Budge was an American tennis player who was the first to win the Grand Slam—i.e., the four major singles championships, Australia, France, Great Britain, and the United States—in one year (1938). Budge was active in sports as a boy but was not particularly interested in tennis. In the first

Sir Wallis Budge was the curator (1894–1924) of Egyptian and Assyrian antiquities at the British Museum, London, for which he collected vast numbers of cuneiform tablets, Egyptian papyri, and Greek, Coptic, Arabic, Syriac, and Ethiopic manuscripts. He entered the museum’s service in 1883 and

Sir Wallis Budge was the curator (1894–1924) of Egyptian and Assyrian antiquities at the British Museum, London, for which he collected vast numbers of cuneiform tablets, Egyptian papyri, and Greek, Coptic, Arabic, Syriac, and Ethiopic manuscripts. He entered the museum’s service in 1883 and

Eustace Budgell was an English writer who, apart from Joseph Addison and Richard Steele, was the principal contributor to The Spectator. Thirty-seven papers (those marked with an X) are attributed to him. In 1710 Addison, his cousin, then secretary to the lord lieutenant of Ireland, offered Budgell

budgerigar, popular species of parakeet

accounting: Budgetary planning: The first major component of internal accounting systems for management’s use is the company’s system for establishing budgetary plans and setting performance standards. The setting of performance standards (see below Performance reporting) also requires a system for measuring actual results and

Barack Obama: The 2012 election: …nonmilitary programs required by the Budget Control Act of 2011, which came to be known as sequestration. Although the president and the speaker of the House were unable to reach a workable compromise, Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell cobbled together a last-minute agreement that passed the Senate 89–8…

government budget, forecast by a government of its expenditures and revenues for a specific period of time. In national finance, the period covered by a budget is usually a year, known as a financial or fiscal year, which may or may not correspond with the calendar year. The word budget is derived

budgetary autonomy, degree of independence enjoyed by a public entity in the management of its finances. Most commonly, the budget refers to the central government as a consolidated institution in which the executive, legislative, and judicial branches follow accepted procedures to manage income

government budget, forecast by a government of its expenditures and revenues for a specific period of time. In national finance, the period covered by a budget is usually a year, known as a financial or fiscal year, which may or may not correspond with the calendar year. The word budget is derived

accounting: Budgetary planning: The first major component of internal accounting systems for management’s use is the company’s system for establishing budgetary plans and setting performance standards. The setting of performance standards (see below Performance reporting) also requires a system for measuring actual results and

Budi Utomo, the first Indonesian nationalist organization. It was founded on May 20, 1908, a day now designated by the Indonesian government as the Day of National Awakening. Budi Utomo originated through the efforts of Mas Wahidin Sudirohusodo (1852–1917), a retired Javanese physician who,

Bautzen, city, Saxony Land (state), eastern Germany. It lies in the Oberlausitz (Upper Lusatia) region, on a granite elevation above the Spree River. Bautzen was originally the Slavic settlement of Budissin (Budyšin), and the Peace of Bautzen was concluded there in 1018 between the German king

Gersh Itskovich Budker was a Soviet physicist who developed new methods of particle acceleration in high-energy physics. Budker graduated from Moscow State University in 1941 and served in air defense during World War II. In 1945 he started working in Laboratory #2 (subsequently renamed the

biblical literature: Slavic versions: …was prepared by the Hebraist Szymon Budny (Nieswicz, 1570–82), and another revision, primarily executed by Daniel Mikołajewski and Jan Turnowski (the “Danzig Bible”) in 1632, became the official version of all Evangelical churches in Poland. This edition was burned by the Catholics, and it subsequently had to be printed in…

Fudō Myō-ō, in Japanese Buddhist mythology, the fierce form of the Buddha Vairocana, and the most important of the Myō-ō class of deities. See

takin, (Budorcas taxicolor), heavily built, hoofed mammal of Southeast Asia, belonging to the family Bovidae (order Artiodactyla). The takin lives singly or in small herds in the mountains, usually below the timberline. Robust and short-legged, it can move about quickly and easily over difficult

takin: The golden takin (B. t. bedfordi) inhabits the Qin Mountains in south Shaanxi province, China; its coat is golden in colour, and it may have been the “golden fleece” of Greek mythology. The Mishmi takin (B. t. taxicolor) lives in the border area between Tibet, Myanmar,…

takin: The Mishmi takin (B. t. taxicolor) lives in the border area between Tibet, Myanmar, Bhutan, and India. The Sichuan takin (B. t. tibetana) lives in eastern Tibet and in the Sichuan, Gansu, and Yunnan provinces of China. White’s, or Bhutan, takin (B. t. whitei) inhabits Bhutan,…

Czechoslovak history: The Counter-Reformation and Protestant rebellion: …under the leadership of Lord Václav Budovec, a prominent member of the Unitas Fratrum. Meanwhile, dissatisfaction with Rudolf’s regime was growing rapidly in other Habsburg domains as well. His younger brother, Matthias, made contacts with the Austrian and Hungarian opposition; the Moravian estates, headed by Karel the Elder of Žerotín,…

Ituri Forest: The Pygmies: …Sua are associated with the Budu (Babudu) on the western edge of the Ituri, near Wamba; and the Aka, of whom few remain, are found with the Mangbetu in the northwest. The Efe have the broadest distribution, extending across the northern and eastern portions of the Ituri, and are associated…

Caucasian languages: The Lezgian languages: …than 1,000); Kryz (about 6,000); Budukh (about 2,000); Khinalug (about 1,500); and Udi (about 3,700). The majority of Lezgi languages are spoken in southern Dagestan, but some of them (Kryz, Budukh, Khinalug, Udi) are spoken chiefly in Azerbaijan; and one village of Udi speakers is located in Georgia. It is…

Lake Chad: Settlement history: The Yedina (Buduma) established themselves among the inaccessible islands and along the marshy northern shore of Lake Chad, and the Kuri did the same in inaccessible areas along the eastern margin of the lake.

Montenegro: The arts: The old town of Budva was of particular importance until it was destroyed in an earthquake in 1979; since rebuilt, it now serves as a beach resort and amusement park.

České Budějovice, city, southern Czech Republic. It is a regional cultural and industrial centre lying amid lakes at the confluence of the Vltava (Moldau) and Malše rivers. Founded and fortified in 1265 by the Bohemian king Otakar II, the city is rich in medieval architecture and has one of the

August Anheuser Busch, Jr.: …with the beer wagons of Budweiser, Anheuser-Busch’s main brand. Grant’s Farm, the Busch family estate near St. Louis, was converted into a 281-acre (114-hectare) historical site and wildlife preserve.

Bautzen, city, Saxony Land (state), eastern Germany. It lies in the Oberlausitz (Upper Lusatia) region, on a granite elevation above the Spree River. Bautzen was originally the Slavic settlement of Budissin (Budyšin), and the Peace of Bautzen was concluded there in 1018 between the German king

migration: Origin and evolution of migration: The yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava) and the wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) settled in Alaska; they migrate annually into other parts of the Western Hemisphere but spend their winters in the warm regions of southeastern Asia and even Africa, probably following the migratory route of their ancestors. A…

Moldova: Relief: In the south, the extensive Bugeac Plain is broken by numerous ravines and gullies, while, in the east, left-bank Moldova includes spurs of the Volyn-Podolsk Upland cut into by tributaries of the Dniester.

Buea, town located in southwestern Cameroon. It is situated at an elevation of 3,000 feet (900 metres) above sea level and is located on the southeast slope of Mount Cameroon. Buea was the capital of German Kamerun from 1902 to 1916. Several historic sites of the early mission and colonial periods

Don Carlos Buell was a Union general in the American Civil War. Buell graduated from West Point in 1841 and was a company officer of infantry in the Seminole War of 1841–42 and the Mexican War. From 1848 to 1861 he acted chiefly as assistant adjutant general. On the outbreak of the Civil War he was

Sarah Josepha Hale was an American writer who, as the first female editor of a magazine, shaped many of the attitudes and thoughts of women of her period. Sarah Josepha Buell married David Hale in 1813, and with him she had five children. Left in financial straits by her husband’s death in 1822,

Spain: The Golden Age in architecture and painting: …in the Baroque style, the Buen Retiro Palace just outside Madrid, has not survived (for a discussion of the fine porcelain manufactured there later, see Buen Retiro ware). Built in the 1630s, in the middle of the Thirty Years’ War, at a time when Spain’s military fortunes were beginning to…

Buen Retiro ware, porcelain manufactured at the royal residence of Buen Retiro, outside Madrid, from 1760 to about 1808, by Capodimonte potters. When Charles III of Naples, who had founded Capodimonte in 1743, succeeded to the Spanish throne as Charles III, he removed his own potters, molds,

Retiro Park, the main park of Madrid, Spain. Originally called the Parque del Buen Retiro, or “Pleasant Retreat Park,” it now covers approximately 350 acres (142 hectares). It was planned in the 1550s and redesigned on the instructions of Gaspar de Guzmán, conde-duque de Olivares (chief minister to

Buena Park, city, Orange county, southern California, U.S. The site known as Buena Plaza was originally part of the Rancho Los Coyotes. The city was laid out and named Buena Park in 1887 by James A. Whitaker, a Chicago grocer who, intending to build a cattle ranch, bought nearly 700 acres (280

DeKalb, city, DeKalb county, north-central Illinois, U.S. It lies on the south branch of the Kishwaukee River, about 60 miles (100 km) west of Chicago. Founded in 1837, it was called Buena Vista and then Huntley’s Grove (for city founder Russell Huntley of New York) until the 1850s, when it was

Cuba: Music and dance: …as well as the subsequent film documentary (1999), introduced listeners throughout the world to those genres and revived the careers of such once-popular artists as Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén González, and Omara Portuondo. Classical music is of relatively minor importance in Cuba, but there is a National Symphony Orchestra that also…

Ry Cooder: …a week in Havana recording The Buena Vista Social Club (1997).

Battle of Buena Vista, (Feb. 22–23, 1847), battle fought near Monterrey, Mex., in the Mexican-American War (1846–48), the war between the United States and Mexico. A U.S. army of about 5,000 men under General Zachary Taylor had invaded northeastern Mexico, taking Monterrey and Saltillo. General

Carlos Fuentes: …novel Las buenas conciencias (1959; The Good Conscience) emphasizes the moral compromises that mark the transition from a rural economy to a complex middle-class urban one. Aura (1962) is a novella that successfully fuses reality and fantasy. La muerte de Artemio Cruz (1962; The Death of Artemio Cruz), which presents…

Great Salt Lake, lake in northern Utah, U.S., the largest inland body of salt water in the Western Hemisphere and one of the most saline inland bodies of water in the world. The lake is fed by the Bear, Weber, and Jordan rivers and has no outlet. The lake has fluctuated greatly in size, depending

Buenaventura, port of Valle del Cauca departamento, western Colombia, on Cascajal Island, where the Dagua River reaches Buenaventura Bay. Although founded in 1540, it remained relatively unimportant because of the warm, humid climate and poor transportation. In the 1930s inland connections were

Ogden: …as a settlement developed around Fort Buenaventura, a log stockade with an irrigated garden built in 1845 by Miles M. Goodyear and purchased by the Mormons in 1847; Goodyear’s cabin is preserved. First known as Brown’s Fort, it was laid out in 1850 by the Mormon leader Brigham Young and…

Buendía family, fictional founders of Macondo, the South American town that is the setting of the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude (originally in Spanish, 1967) by Gabriel García Márquez. Seven generations later they are also the last inhabitants of the isolated village. Many years before the

Lake Scutari: The Bojana River flows out at the lake’s southern end to the Adriatic. Around the lakeshore are many small villages that are noted for their old monasteries and fortresses. The Albanian town of Shkodër (Skadar) is at the southern end of the lake.

Maria Bueno was a Brazilian tennis player who won 19 Grand Slam titles, 7 of which were in singles events. She had particular success at Wimbledon and United States championships (the latter held at Forest Hills, New York), where she won a combined 16 titles. Bueno began playing tennis at about the

Maria Bueno was a Brazilian tennis player who won 19 Grand Slam titles, 7 of which were in singles events. She had particular success at Wimbledon and United States championships (the latter held at Forest Hills, New York), where she won a combined 16 titles. Bueno began playing tennis at about the

backswimmer: The genus Buenoa, which usually floats or swims some distance below the surface, appears reddish or pinkish in colour because of the pigment (hemoglobin) contained in certain cells.

Buenos Aires, city and capital of Argentina. The city is coextensive with the Federal District (Distrito Federal) and is situated on the shore of the Río de la Plata, 150 miles (240 km) from the Atlantic Ocean. Buenos Aires is one of Latin America’s most important ports and most populous cities, as

Buenos Aires, provincia (province), eastern Argentina. It lies south of the Paraná River and southeast of the Río de la Plata (which forms the border with Uruguay) and extends westward from the Atlantic Ocean to include the major part of the humid Argentine Pampas, a vast grass-covered plain. The

Manuel Puig: The Buenos Aires Affair (1973) is a detective novel describing the psychopathic behaviour of characters who are sexually repressed. Kiss of the Spider Woman is a novel told in dialogues between a middle-aged homosexual and a younger revolutionary who are detained in the same jail…

tetra: The Buenos Aires tetra (Hemigrammus caudovittatus) grows to 9 cm; it has reddish fins and a dark, lengthwise stripe on each side that widens to a diamond-shaped spot on each side of the tail root.

Buenos Aires: Education: …aim for entrance into the University of Buenos Aires (1821). Despite the repressive years of military dictatorship, this institution has continued to produce outstanding students and teachers, including Nobel Prize winners. The political difficulties suffered by the University of Buenos Aires have encouraged the foundation of several private universities, the…

Buerger’s disease, inflammation of the peripheral arteries primarily, which occurs chiefly in men from adolescence to middle age. The cause is unknown but may be hypersensitivity, especially to tobacco, because affected persons are often heavy smokers. As in peripheral arteriosclerosis, the disease

Buerger’s disease, inflammation of the peripheral arteries primarily, which occurs chiefly in men from adolescence to middle age. The cause is unknown but may be hypersensitivity, especially to tobacco, because affected persons are often heavy smokers. As in peripheral arteriosclerosis, the disease

Martin Julian Buerger was an American crystallographer who devised or improved many of the standard methods, techniques, and instruments of modern crystal-structure analysis. Upon receiving a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1929, Buerger was appointed to its faculty. He

frog and toad: Annotated classification: 5–5 inches); 2 subfamilies: Buergeriinae (Taiwan and Japan) and Rhacophorinae (Africa, Madagascar, and tropical Asia from India to the Greater Sunda Islands and Philippines). Modern authorities do not agree on all aspects of anuran classification, and further study is needed to clarify the relationships of certain groups.…

Antonio Buero Vallejo was a playwright considered the most important Spanish dramatist of the post-World War II generation. Buero Vallejo studied art in Madrid and Guadalajara from 1934 to 1936. During the Civil War (1936–39), he served as a medical orderly in the Spanish Republican Army. After the

British Union of Fascists (BUF), British right-wing political party founded in 1932 by would-be dictator Oswald Mosley, who espoused virulent anti-Semitism and a corporatist economic philosophy. The BUF modeled its ideology and approach on those of the Italian Fascist regime and Nazi Germany, both

bufotoxin: …fluid contains several identifiable components: bufagin, with effects on the heart similar to those of digitalis; bufotenine, a hallucinogen; and serotonin, a vasoconstrictor. The composition of the poison varies with the species of toad. Taken internally, the poison causes severe, even fatal reaction in many predators, but some animals (e.g.,…

river dolphin: The largest species is the Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis). Also called boto, bufeo, and pink dolphin, it is common in the turbid waters of the Amazon and Orinoco river basins. A male Amazon river dolphin can grow to over 2.4 metres (8 feet) and 160 kg (350 pounds); females…

dress: Colonial America: By mid-century the buff coat had also become a staple garment among colonists in New England. Originally a military coat made of hide, it was durable and warm; it was cut simply in four sections, with or without sleeves.

keyboard instrument: Special effects: …were also equipped with a buff stop (sometimes also called a lute stop), a device that presses pieces of soft leather against one of the sets of unison strings, producing a muted, pizzicato tone.

Charlotte von Stein: …by Goethe’s earlier attachment to Charlotte Buff.

Buffalo, city, seat (1881) of Johnson county, north-central Wyoming, U.S., on Clear Creek, immediately east of the Bighorn Mountains and Bighorn National Forest. The region was prime hunting ground for Sioux, Arapaho, and Cheyenne Indians, and many armed conflicts ensued as settlers moved into the

Geneva, town, Adams county, eastern Indiana, U.S., on the Wabash River, 36 miles (58 km) northeast of Muncie. It was created in 1874 through the incorporation of the towns of Buffalo and Alexander and the Geneva train station (on the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad) and presumably was named for

Buffalo, city and port, seat (1821) of Erie county, western New York, U.S. It is located where the eastern end of Lake Erie narrows into the Niagara River. New York’s second largest city, it is the metropolis of a large urban complex that includes the cities of Lackawanna, Lockport, Niagara Falls,

livestock farming: Buffalo and camels: The name buffalo is applied to several different cud-chewing (ruminant) mammals of the ox family (Bovidae). The true, or Indian, buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), also known as water buffalo, or arna, exists both as a wild and domestic animal; it has been…

Buffalo AKG Art Museum, museum in Buffalo, New York, that is noted for its collections of modern and contemporary art from the United States and Europe. Schools such as Abstract Expressionism, Pop and Op arts, and Minimalism are strongly represented. The gallery also has a permanent collection of

buffalo berry, (Shepherdia argentea), hardy flowering shrub of the oleaster family (Elaeagnaceae), growing wild along stream banks in the Great Plains of North America. Because it is tolerant of windswept sites on dry rocky soil, it is valued as an ornamental and hedge plant where other shrubs

Buffalo Bill was an American buffalo hunter, U.S. Army scout, Pony Express rider, Indian fighter, actor, and impresario who dramatized the facts and flavor of the American West through fiction and melodrama. His colorful Wild West show, which came to be known as Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and

Geena Davis: …the short-lived (1983–84) television comedy Buffalo Bill. She went on to play guest roles in other TV series, including a recurring part in 1984 and 1986 as an inept housekeeper in the sitcom Family Ties, and she played the title character in the unsuccessful sitcom Sara (1985). Davis also appeared…

Kansas: Statehood of Kansas: …heroes of that era was William Mathewson, known as the original “Buffalo Bill” (a nickname also used later to greater fame by William F. Cody), who hunted buffalo for starving settlers for an entire winter without pay, providing meat by the wagonload. The coming of the railroads in the late…

William Wellman: Films of the 1940s: …mystery Lady of Burlesque (1943); Buffalo Bill (1944), which featured Joel McCrea as the Wild West’s most flamboyant showman; and the action film This Man’s Navy (1945) followed.

Robert Altman: M*A*S*H and the 1970s: …the wake of this masterpiece, Buffalo Bill and the Indians; or, Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (1976) was viewed by many as a major letdown. Altman’s adaptation (with Alan Rudolph) of Arthur Kopit’s 1969 play Indians starred Paul Newman as Buffalo Bill Cody, who is revealed to be a far cry…

Annie Oakley: …management, joined “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s Wild West Show. Billed as “Miss Annie Oakley, the Peerless Lady Wing-Shot,” she was one of the show’s star attractions for 16 years, except for a brief period in 1887, when she was with the rival Pawnee Bill’s Frontier Exhibition.

Buffalo Bills, American professional football franchise that plays in the American Football Conference (AFC) of the National Football League (NFL) and is based in Buffalo. As a member of the American Football League (AFL), the Bills won two league championships (1964 and 1965), and, while playing

Los Angeles Clippers, American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles that plays in the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The franchise was originally based in Buffalo, New York, and was known as the Buffalo Braves upon joining the NBA in 1970 alongside

buffalo bur, (Solanum rostratum), plant of the nightshade family (Solanaceae), native to high plains east of the Rocky Mountains from North Dakota to Mexico. Buffalo bur, named for its prickly berries that were commonly entangled in the fur of American bison (Bison bison), is an aggressive weed in

ribes: Major species: nigrum); buffalo currant (R. odoratum); downy, or Nordic, currant (R. spicatum); and common, or garden or red, currant (R. rubrum).

Buffalo AKG Art Museum, museum in Buffalo, New York, that is noted for its collections of modern and contemporary art from the United States and Europe. Schools such as Abstract Expressionism, Pop and Op arts, and Minimalism are strongly represented. The gallery also has a permanent collection of

Buffalo Gap National Grassland, prairie grassland region of southwestern South Dakota, U.S. It covers an area of some 925 square miles (2,400 square km) of scattered land parcels and is divided into two districts. The eastern district, headquartered in Wall, runs along the northern border of the

basketball: U.S. professional basketball: …professional clubs, followed by the Buffalo (New York) Germans, who started out in 1895 as 14-year-old members of the Buffalo YMCA and, with occasional new members, continued for 44 years, winning 792 out of 878 games.

Larry McMurtry: … (1982), The Desert Rose (1983), Buffalo Girls (1990; television miniseries 1995), The Evening Star (1992; film 1996), Zeke and Ned (1997), Sin Killer (2002), Loop Group (2004), and The Last Kind Words Saloon (2014). With Diana Ossana he won an Academy Award for best adapted screenplay for Brokeback Mountain (2005),…

black fly, (family Simuliidae), any member of a family of about 1,800 species of small, humpbacked flies in the order Diptera. Black flies are usually black or dark gray, with gauzy wings, stout antennae and legs, and rather short mouthparts that are adapted for sucking blood. Only females bite and

calabazilla, (Cucurbita foetidissima), perennial prostrate vine of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), native to southwestern North America. Although calabazilla is a fairly unattractive plant with a fetid odour, it is sometimes grown as an ornamental in arid and semiarid areas for its colourful

St. Augustine grass, (Stenotaphrum secundatum), low mat-forming perennial grass of the family Poaceae. St. Augustine grass is native to central and southeastern North America and Central America and has naturalized along many seacoasts around the world. The plant is cultivated as a lawn grass in

buffalo grass, (Bouteloua dactyloides), perennial western North American grass of the family Poaceae. Buffalo grass is native to short-grass and mixed-grass prairies and is an important year-round forage grass. The plant forms a dense turf and thick sod, which early settlers used in the

short-horned grasshopper: The western lubber grasshopper (Brachystola magna), also called the buffalo grasshopper because of its size, has much smaller, pinkish wings. The slender grasshopper (Leptysma marginicollis), found in the southern United States, has clear wings. Melanoplus, the largest short-horned grasshopper genus, contains many of the most common…

Santalaceae: Major genera and species: …oil, or buffalo, nut (Pyrularia pubera), the oil-filled pear-shaped fruit of a North American parasite, are other commonly known members of the family.

Michael Tilson Thomas: …the music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic. During that period he met composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, who became a significant mentor and friend. During the 1970s Tilson Thomas, like Bernstein before him, regularly conducted the New York Philharmonic for its Young People’s Concert series.

Main Range, mountain range in West Malaysia, the most prominent mountain group on the Malay Peninsula. Composed of granite with some patches of altered stratified rocks, the range extends southward for 300 miles (480 km) from the Thai border, with elevations rarely less than 3,000 feet (900 m) and

Buffalo Sabres, American professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York, that plays in the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Sabres have won two conference championships (1975, 1999). The Sabres began play as an expansion team in 1970. The team made its first

buffalo soldier, nickname given to members of African American cavalry regiments of the U.S. Army who served in the western United States from 1867 to 1896, mainly fighting Indians on the frontier. The nickname was given by the Indians, but its significance is uncertain. An 1866 law authorized the

Anna Paquin: …Forrester (2000), the dark satire Buffalo Soldiers (2001), Spike Lee’s 25th Hour (2002), and Noah Baumbach’s The Squid and the Whale (2005). Paquin also appeared in the horror film Scream 4 (2011), Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret (2011), and The Parting Glass (2018). In 2019 she

Buffalo Springfield, Canadian-American band that combined inventive songwriting, skillful instrumental interplay, and harmony vocals into a stunning folk rock signature sound, which laid the groundwork for southern California country rock. The original members were Stephen Stills (b. January 3,

treehopper: The buffalo treehopper, Stictocephala (or Ceresa) bubalus, 6 to 8 mm (0.2 to 0.3 inch) long, is harmful to young orchard trees, especially apple trees. The oak treehoppers, Platycotis vittata and P. quadrivittata, feed on deciduous and evergreen oaks. Treehoppers can be controlled by applying insecticides…

buffalo weaver, either of the two African birds constituting the subfamily Bubalornithinae of the family Ploceidae. The more widespread species is the black buffalo weaver, or oxbird (Bubalornis albirostris); it is black, with white in the wings. The white-headed buffalo weaver (Dinemellia

Buffalo wing, deep-fried unbreaded chicken wings or drumsticks coated with a vinegar-and-cayenne-pepper hot sauce mixed with butter. They commonly are served with celery and a blue cheese dipping sauce, which acts as a cooling agent for the mouth. A popular bar food and appetizer, wings can be