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Definition of bulbul in English: bulbulnoun ˈbʊlbʊlˈbo͝olˌbo͝ol A tropical African and Asian songbird, typically having a crest, drab plumage, and a melodious voice. Family Pycnonotidae: several genera and numerous species Example sentencesExamples - Out back I watched two house sparrows and two white-cheeked bulbuls fruitlessly chasing a large white moth.
- However, I stray from the purpose of our trip: birds, which were no less alluring than all the scenes mentioned above, with names such as leafbirds, bulbuls, coucals, laughingthrushes, babblers, sunbirds and junglefowl.
- ‘We feed the birds in our garden and have enjoyed seeing several parents feeding their young - among them bulbuls, barbets, mousebirds and weavers,’ she says.
- Flocks of wintering water birds include the thrush, the kingfisher, the robin, the shama, the barbet, the bee-eater, the flycatcher, the sunbird, the bulbul and the drongo.
- Of the songbirds, the light-vented bulbul was a symbol of longevity thanks to the white cap on its head, which gave it the appearance of a white-haired old man.
Origin Mid 17th century: from Persian, of imitative origin. Definition of bulbul in US English: bulbulnounˈbo͝olˌbo͝ol A tropical African and Asian songbird that typically has a melodious voice and drab plumage. Many kinds have a crest. Family Pycnonotidae: several genera and numerous species Example sentencesExamples - Flocks of wintering water birds include the thrush, the kingfisher, the robin, the shama, the barbet, the bee-eater, the flycatcher, the sunbird, the bulbul and the drongo.
- Of the songbirds, the light-vented bulbul was a symbol of longevity thanks to the white cap on its head, which gave it the appearance of a white-haired old man.
- However, I stray from the purpose of our trip: birds, which were no less alluring than all the scenes mentioned above, with names such as leafbirds, bulbuls, coucals, laughingthrushes, babblers, sunbirds and junglefowl.
- Out back I watched two house sparrows and two white-cheeked bulbuls fruitlessly chasing a large white moth.
- ‘We feed the birds in our garden and have enjoyed seeing several parents feeding their young - among them bulbuls, barbets, mousebirds and weavers,’ she says.
Origin Mid 17th century: from Persian, of imitative origin. |