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bugong

bugong is the archaic form of bogong.

Meaning of bogong

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

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Forms of bugong

pluralbugongs

Questions about bugong

What is bugong the archaic form of?
Bugong is the archaic form of bogong.

Words near bugong in the dictionary

  1. Bugolobi
  2. bugologist
  3. bugologists
  4. bugology
  5. Bugoloobi
  6. bugong
  7. bugongs
  8. bugonia
  9. bugout
  10. bugout bag
  11. bugout bags

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bugong (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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