'Pycnonotus jocosus' definitions:
Definition of 'Pycnonotus jocosus'
From: 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]