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scrub bull

scrub bull noun: a bull living in (or bred in) the wild; a feral bull in the outback.

Noun

scrub bull (plural scrub bulls)

  1. (Australia) A bull living in (or bred in) the wild; a feral bull in the outback.
    • ‘These ridges are full of old scrub bulls.’2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 137

Forms of scrub bull

pluralscrub bulls

Questions about scrub bull

What does scrub bull mean?
Scrub bull means a bull living in (or bred in) the wild; a feral bull in the outback.
What part of speech is scrub bull?
Scrub bull is a noun.
What is the plural of scrub bull?
The plural of scrub bull is scrub bulls.

Words near scrub bull in the dictionary

  1. scrub birds
  2. scrub board
  3. scrub boards
  4. scrub brush
  5. scrub brushes
  6. scrub bull
  7. scrub bulls
  8. scrub dasher
  9. scrub dashers
  10. scrub down
  11. scrub fowl

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