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brubrus

brubrus is the plural of brubru.

Meaning of brubru

Noun

brubru (plural brubrus)

  1. 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...

Questions about brubrus

What is brubrus the plural of?
Brubrus is the plural of brubru.

Words near brubrus in the dictionary

  1. Brubacher
  2. Brubachers
  3. Brubaker
  4. Brubakers
  5. brubru
  6. brubrus
  7. Brucato
  8. Brucatos
  9. Bruccoli
  10. Bruccolis
  11. bruce

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