Scientifically, the term buffalo is incorrect for the North American species; its proper Latin name is Bison bison. However, common usage has made the term buffalo an acceptable synonym for the American bison. (from The American Buffalo in Transition, by J. Albert Rorabacher.).
Life cycle. Life cycle, in biology, the series of changes that the members of a species undergo as they pass from the beginning of a given developmental stage to the inception of that same developmental stage in a subsequent generation.
Dictionary entry overview: What does cycle mean? â¢ CYCLE (noun) The noun CYCLE has 6 senses: 1. an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs 2. a series of poems or songs on the same theme 3. a periodically repeated sequence of events 4. the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second