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wurbagool

wurbagool noun: an Indian flying fox (Pteropus medius, syn. Pteropus giganteus), found throughout south Asia.

wurbagool: an Indian flying fox (Pteropus medius, syn. Pteropus giganteus), found throughout south Asia
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Noun

wurbagool (plural wurbagools)

  1. (obsolete) An Indian flying fox (Pteropus medius, syn. Pteropus giganteus), found throughout south Asia.
    • Cheiroptera.—Three species of bats, Wurbagool, Pteropus medius; Nyctinomus plicatus; and Rhinolphus Dukhunensis.1838, Colonel [William Henry] Sykes, F.R.S., “Special Report on the Statistics of the Four Collectorates of Dukhun, under the British Government”, in Report of the Seventh Meeting of the British...
    • The Wurbagool. Pteropus Edwardsii, Geoff. Ann. Mus. xv. 92. Temm. Monog. ii. 61. P. medius, Temm. Monog. i. 176. P. leucocephalus, Hodgson. Edwards, Birds, iv. t. 180.1843, List of the Specimens of Mammalia in the Collection of the British Museum, London: George Woodfall and Son, →LCCN, page 36
    Synonyms:
    greater Indian fruit bat

wurbagool meaning in Tamil

wurbagool in Tamil

இதுவும் ஒரு சிற்றினம் ஆகும்

Synonyms of wurbagool

  • greater Indian fruit bat

Forms of wurbagool

pluralwurbagools

Origin of wurbagool

Compare Marathi वडवागूळ (vaḍvāgūḷ) or वडवाघूळ (vaḍvāghūḷ), explained in Molesworth's dictionary as "वड & वागूळ from वल्गुली S Because it takes up its abode in the वड tree. But, preferably, वड instead of वन or वन्य Wild—the Wild bat, as contrad. from the House- bat." The retroflex consonant ड (ḍa) might be mistaken for (or at least transcribed as) the English letter r, which is realized as a retroflex approximant for some English speakers.

Questions about wurbagool

What does wurbagool mean?
Wurbagool means an Indian flying fox (Pteropus medius, syn. Pteropus giganteus), found throughout south Asia.
What is wurbagool in Tamil?
Wurbagool in Tamil is இதுவும் ஒரு சிற்றினம் ஆகும். See Wurbagool meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is wurbagool?
Wurbagool is a noun.
What is the plural of wurbagool?
The plural of wurbagool is wurbagools.

Words near wurbagool in the dictionary

  1. Wuqi
  2. Wuqing
  3. Wuqiu
  4. wurali
  5. wurari
  6. wurbagool
  7. wurbagools
  8. wurd
  9. wurdee major
  10. wurdee majors
  11. Wurdiboluc

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wurbagool (page history and authors); wurbagool (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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