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Definition of Bulbul
1. Noun. Nightingale spoken of in Persian poetry.
Definition of Bulbul
1. n. The Persian nightingale (Pycnonotus jocosus). The name is also applied to several other Asiatic singing birds, of the family Timaliidæ. The green bulbuls belong to the Chloropsis and allied genera.
Definition of Bulbul
1. Noun. Any of several passerine songbirds, of the family Pycnonotidae, native to Africa and parts of Asia, sometimes known as the ‘nightingale of the East’. ¹
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Definition of Bulbul
1. a songbird [n -S] - See also: songbird
Medical Definition of Bulbul
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bulbul
Literary usage of Bulbul
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1889)
"A WHISTLING bulbul. IN my last communication I introduced the Madras bulbul ...
the same lady who informed me about the Whistling bulbul for the knowledge. ..."
2. Historical and Descriptive Account of British India, from the Most Remote by Hugh Murray, James Wilson, Robert Kaye Greville, Robert Jameson, Whitelaw Ainslie, William Rhind, William Wallace, Clarence Dalrymple (1832)
"... Eagle—Finch Falcon of Bengal —Hawk-owl of Ceylon—Fork-tailed Shrike—Jocose
Shrike or bulbul —Mina-bird— Locust-eating ..."
3. The Classic and the Beautiful from the Literature of Three Thousand Years edited by Henry Coppée (1900)
"Translation of EH PALMER (Professor of Arabic, Cambridge). OUL U bulbul; OR, THE
NIGHTINGALE AND THE EOSE. PROM THE PERSIAN OF HUSSEIN VA'IZ KASHIFI. ..."
4. The Happy Valley: Sketches of Kashmir & the Kashmiris by William Wakefield (1879)
"... Mohammedanism — Forcible Conversion of Natives of the Valley— Its effect on
the Origin of the Gipsies — The AH Kadal— The bulbul Lankar— The Naya Kadal— ..."
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