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bulbuls

bulbuls is the plural of bulbul.

Meaning of bulbul

Noun

bulbul (plural bulbuls)

  1. Any of several passerine songbirds, of the family Pycnonotidae (currently, 27 genera recognized), native to Africa and Eurasia.
  2. Any of the bulbul species of the Middle East, popular in poetry; sometimes known as the ‘nightingale of the East’.
    • The infant buds, impatient to look around them, rend their green garments and unfold their eyes; while every tree, on which the bulbul ſings, flutters with joy on the wings of their thouſand leaves.1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page v

Phrases with bulbuls

Questions about bulbuls

What is bulbuls the plural of?
Bulbuls is the plural of bulbul.

Words near bulbuls in the dictionary

  1. bulbular
  2. bulbule
  3. bulbules
  4. Bulbulian
  5. Bulbulians
  6. bulbuls
  7. bulbus
  8. bulbus cordis
  9. bulbus glandis
  10. bulbus oculi
  11. bulby

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