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bulbul

bul·bul [ bl bl ] (plural bul·buls)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. tropical songbird: a generally grayish or brownish songbird. Native to: tropical Africa and Asia.  Family Pycnonotidae.

2. bird in Persian poetry: a songbird frequently mentioned in Persian poetry, taken to be a nightingale

[Mid-17th century. < Persian, an imitation of its song]
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