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bulbul

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noun

  1. a songbird often mentioned in Persian poetry, regarded as being a nightingale.
  2. any of several oscine birds of the family Pycnonotidae, of the Old World tropics.


bulbul

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noun

  1. any songbird of the family Pycnonotidae of tropical Africa and Asia, having brown plumage and, in many species, a distinct crest
  2. a songbird, taken to be the nightingale, often mentioned in Persian poetry
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bulbul1

Borrowed into English from Persian around 1775–85
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bulbul1

C18: via Persian from Arabic
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The red-vented bulbul is not currently listed as a threatened or endangered species.

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Both now have extra protections through new trade restrictions agreed at the global wildlife summit, with a complete ban on trading for the straw-headed bulbul.

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Later, I watched wild birds like melodic dusky thrushes, magpies and bulbuls alight on the fired clay temple roof.

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Now we were drinking tea in his trellised garden at sunset to the singing of bulbuls.

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Behind her, sparrows twitter and a bulbul, a songbird, trills from the branches of a sacred tree.

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