Definition of Bogong

1. an Australian moth [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bogong

boggsite
boggy
bogie
bogies
bogland
boglands
bogle
bogles
boglet
boglets
bogmat
bogoak
bogoaks
bogon
bogon filter
bogong (current term)
bogongs
bogons
bogosities
bogosity
bogotic
bogroll
bogrolls
bogs
bogs down
bogs off
bogsucker
bogsuckers
bogtrotter
bogtrotters

Literary usage of Bogong

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Progress Report by Geological Survey of Victoria, Family Planning Victoria (1878)
"(This mountain is exceeded in height by only a few others in the same tract of country, situated on spurs from the principal range, such as Mount bogong, ..."

2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"They were described by my friend Dr. Bennett in his interesting work on ' New South Wales,' 1832-4, as abundant on the bogong Mountain, Tu- mut River. ..."

3. The Native Tribes of South-east Australia by Alfred William Howitt (1904)
"... at a place in the bogong Mountains, to eat the bogong moths.1 A messenger in the ... would assemble almost solely to feast on roasted moths (bogong). ..."

4. Records of the Geological Survey of New South Wales by Geological Survey of New South Wales (1898)
"Upon the top of the range, about four miles south of the Big bogong Peak, ... About half a mile south of the Grey Mare's bogong Peak, and not far from the ..."

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