Bulbul

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bulbul \Bul"bul\, n. [Per.] (Zool.)
     The Persian nightingale ({Pycnonotus jocosus}). The name is
     also applied to several other Asiatic singing birds, of the
     family {Timaliid[ae]}. The green bulbuls belong to the
     {Chloropsis} and allied genera. [Written also {buhlbuhl}.]
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bulbul
       n : nightingale spoken of in Persian poetry