Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of herons, containing the buff-backed heron, B. ibis, formerly called
Ardea bubulcus and Ardea russata, chiefly an African species, related to the squacco heron.
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- noun small white egrets
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Examples
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The pretty ardetta (Herodias bubulcus), of a light yellow colour when at rest, but seemingly of a pure white when flying, takes wing, and sweeps across the green grass in large numbers, often showing us where buffaloes and elephants are, by perching on their backs.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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Indian owl (_Athena Indica_), the spoonbill (_Platalea nudifrons_); the benno (_Ardea bubulcus_), and the sicsac (_Charadrius melanocephalus_).
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The pretty ardetta (_Herodias bubulcus_), of a light yellow colour when at rest, but seemingly of a pure white when flying, takes wing, and sweeps across the green grass in large numbers, often showing us where buffaloes and elephants are, by perching on their backs.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 David Livingstone 1843
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In the low country the same acceptable office is performed by the "cattle-keeper heron" (_Ardea bubulcus_), which is "sure to be found in attendance on them while grazing; and the animals seem to know their benefactors, and stand quietly, while the birds peck their tormentors from their flanks."
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836
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'perque nouos pontes, subterlabentibus undis,/_ducunt Sarmatici barbara plaustra boues_' and _Tr_ III xii 29-30 'nec mare concrescit glacie, nec ut ante per Histrum/stridula Sauromates _plaustra bubulcus_ agit'.
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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_C1_ iazys _C1? ul_ iatis _M_ iazis _F_ yacis _H_ hiacis _I_ yases _T_] trahat ut glatiati _L_ educat ut altas _P_ | | 10 bubulcus] bububcus _B_
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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*] * In Makrizi's _Description of Egypt_ we read: "Every year, upon a certain day, all the herons (Boukîr, _Ardea bubulcus_ of Cuvier) assemble at this mountain.
History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 1 (of 12) M. L. McClure 1881
mollusque commented on the word bubulcus
Genus name of the cattle egret, from Latin bubulcus, a cowherd or plowman.
March 25, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word bubulcus
What a word!
August 2, 2008