yakalo

Blend of yak +‎ buffalo

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈjækəloʊ/

yakalo (plural yakalos)

1. 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, 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, 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, Mansfield, Ohio, page 4C:

     Instead of beefalo, he would have yakalo.

• beefalo