bulbul Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun nightingale spoken of in Persian poetry

WordNet

Bul"bul noun
Etymology
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Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The Persian nightingale (Pycnonotus jocosus). The name is also applied to several other Asiatic singing birds, of the family Timaliidæ. The green bulbuls belong to the Chloropsis and allied genera. Written also buhlbuhl.

Webster 1913