brubru
Syllables: bru·bru/ˈbɹuːbɹuː/US/ˈbɹubɹu/
brubru noun: also more fully as brubru shrike: a bird in the bushshrike family found in sub-Saharan Africa (Nilaus afer).
Noun
brubru (plural brubrus)
- Also more fully as brubru shrike: a bird in the bushshrike family found in sub-Saharan Africa (Nilaus afer).
- L[anius] Capensis, Shaw. le Brubru, Le Vaill.; Brubru Shrike. […] Native of the Cape of Good Hope. From its peculiar note brubru, it derives its trivial name.1845, “LANIUS”, in Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, editors, Encyclopædia Metropolitana; or, Universal Dictionary of Knowledge, […], volume XXI, London: B. Fellowes; […], →OCLC, page...
- It was in the trees south of Timbuktu that I saw most of the Brubrus, […]1932, The Ibis, a Magazine of General Ornithology, London: N[icholas] Trübner and Co., […], →OCLC, page 688
brubru meaning in Persian
brubru in Persian
- Nilaus afer
- بروبرو
Forms of brubru
| plural | brubrus |
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Origin of brubru
Borrowed from French brubru, ultimately imitative of the call of the male of the species.
Questions about brubru
- What does brubru mean?
- Brubru means also more fully as brubru shrike: a bird in the bushshrike family found in sub-Saharan Africa (Nilaus afer).
- What is brubru in Persian?
- Brubru in Persian is بروبرو. See Brubru meaning in Persian.
- What part of speech is brubru?
- Brubru is a noun.
- How do you pronounce brubru?
- Brubru is pronounced /ˈbɹuːbɹuː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of brubru?
- The plural of brubru is brubrus.
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