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bogong

bogong noun: synonym of bogong moth.

Noun

bogong (plural bogongs)

  1. Synonym of bogong moth.
    • He described how after cooking, the bogongs were winnowed to remove the dust and wings, then pounded into cakes resembling lumps of fat which would not keep more than a few days, 'but by smoking they are able to preserve them for a much longer period'.2015, John Blay, On Track: Searching out the Bundian Way
    Synonyms:
    bogong moth

Proper noun capitalized: Bogong

Bogong

  1. A locality in Alpine Shire, north eastern Victoria, Australia.

Synonyms of bogong

Forms of bogong

pluralbogongs

Origin of bogong

From Ngarigu bugung; early 19thC.

Words formed from bogong

Phrases with bogong

Questions about bogong

What does bogong mean?
Bogong means synonym of bogong moth.
What part of speech is bogong?
Bogong can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of bogong?
The plural of bogong is bogongs.

Words near bogong in the dictionary

  1. BogoMIPS
  2. Bogomol
  3. bogon
  4. bogon filter
  5. bogon filters
  6. bogong
  7. bogong moth
  8. bogong moths
  9. Bogong Peaks Wilderness
  10. bogongs
  11. bogons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bogong (page history and authors); Bogong (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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