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bulbul
[bool-bool]
noun
a songbird often mentioned in Persian poetry, regarded as being a nightingale.
any of several oscine birds of the family Pycnonotidae, of the Old World tropics.
bulbul
/ ˈʊʊ /
noun
any songbird of the family Pycnonotidae of tropical Africa and Asia, having brown plumage and, in many species, a distinct crest
a songbird, taken to be the nightingale, often mentioned in Persian poetry
Word History and Origins
Origin of bulbul1
Word History and Origins
Origin of bulbul1
Example Sentences
The red-vented bulbul is not currently listed as a threatened or endangered species.
Both now have extra protections through new trade restrictions agreed at the global wildlife summit, with a complete ban on trading for the straw-headed bulbul.
Later, I watched wild birds like melodic dusky thrushes, magpies and bulbuls alight on the fired clay temple roof.
Now we were drinking tea in his trellised garden at sunset to the singing of bulbuls.
Behind her, sparrows twitter and a bulbul, a songbird, trills from the branches of a sacred tree.
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