buln-bulnn.
/ˈbʊlnbʊln/, U.S. /ˈbʊlnˌbʊln/, Australian English /ˈbʊlnbʊln/ Australian.
An Australian Aboriginal name for the lyre-bird.
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1857 D. Bunce Australasiatic Remin. xi. 70 The ground had been torn or scratched up... This was the work of the Bullen Bullen, or lyre bird, in its search for large worms, its favorite food.
1871 Athenæum 27 May 660/3 The Gipps Land and Murray districts have been divided into the following counties:..Buln Buln (name of Lyre bird), [etc.].
1965 Austral. Encycl. V. 393 Very few aboriginal names for the lyrebird have been recorded. The best-known one is bullen-bullen, or buln-buln, a term based on one of the bird's calls.
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