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bulette

/buːˈlɛt/

bulette noun: a fictional species of land-dwelling shark in various fantasy settings, such as Dungeons & Dragons.

Noun

bulette (plural bulettes)

  1. (fantasy roleplaying games) A fictional species of land-dwelling shark in various fantasy settings, such as Dungeons & Dragons.
    • The Bulette (pronounced boo-lay), has only two semi-vulnerable spots.1976-06, "The Bulette (a.k.a. Landshark)", "Creatures Features", The Dragon, volume 1, number 1, page 19
    • The classic monsters (Frankenstein, Dracula, Godzilla, most hauntings, even the dinosaurs in _Jurassic Park_, etc) are all manifestations or consequences of human arrogance and ignorance; so violence, prejudice, ethical blindness and your local bulette are all part of the same idea.1995-06-29, The Amorphous Mass <robin...@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu>, "Re: Rotten, Sexist, Racist Worlds (WAS: Females playing...)", rec.games.frp.dnd,rec.games.frp.misc...

Examples of bulette in a sentence

  • By the mythical name, this is a bulette.1997-04-07, Dan Davis <DAV...@docker.com>, "Re: Mithical Cretures Hits Beast Wars.", alt.toys.transformers, <33498C02.17C0@docker.com>#1/1
  • Bulettes can automatically sense the location of anything within 60 feet that is in contact with the ground.2003, Steven Creech, Kevin Ruesch, “Torn Asunder: Critical Hits”, in Inc., Bastion Press, page 93:
  • The creation of some unknown arcanist in millennia past, the bulette has bred true to become one of the fiercest predators of the hills.2009-09, Jason Bulmahn, "Bulette", Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Bestiary, Paizo Publishing, page 39

Forms of bulette

pluralbulettes

Origin of bulette

From a derogatory gallicization of bullet; coined by Tim Kask in the first edition of the official D&D magazine, Dragon, as an addition to the original Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.

Questions about bulette

What does bulette mean?
Bulette means a fictional species of land-dwelling shark in various fantasy settings, such as Dungeons & Dragons.
How do you use bulette in a sentence?
By the mythical name, this is a bulette.
What part of speech is bulette?
Bulette is a noun.
How do you pronounce bulette?
Bulette is pronounced /buːˈlɛt/.
What is the plural of bulette?
The plural of bulette is bulettes.

Words near bulette in the dictionary

  1. bulders
  2. Buldhana
  3. bulemia
  4. bulemic
  5. bulerias
  6. bulette
  7. bulettes
  8. bulevirtide
  9. Buley
  10. Buleys
  11. Bulford

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