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Definition of Bullbats
1. bullbat [n] - See also: bullbat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bullbats
Literary usage of Bullbats
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pawnee: Mythology (Part I) by George Amos Dorsey (1906)
"The BullBats then said: “ Enter our lodge and remain there. ... Then the BullBats
said: “He is here and we are going to protect him. ..."
2. The Wilson Bulletin by Wilson Ornithological Club, Nebraska Ornithologists' Union, Wilson Ornithological Society (1900)
"IQ ind Flicker) " Them thar's bullbats flopping over the water. We used to find
plenty of their eggs but no ..."
3. Poets of the Younger Generation by William Archer (1902)
"A vibrant cry, Passing, then gone, of bullbats in the sky. And faintly now The
katydid upon the shadowy bough. And far-off then The little owl within the ..."
4. A Round Trip in North America by Theodora Guest (1895)
"They call them locally bullbats, and a subsequent visit to a museum explained to
me that they were Goatsuckers. From Minneapolis we had eleven miles to run ..."
5. Bird Friends: A Complete Bird Book for Americans by Gilbert Haven Trafton (1916)
"... flickers, flycatchers, grosbeaks, hummingbirds, kinglets, martins, meadowlarks,
nighthawks or bullbats, nuthatches, orioles, robins, shrikes, swallows, ..."
6. Elements of Agriculture: For Use in Schools by James Bolton McBryde (1901)
"... numbers of nighthawks, commonly known as bullbats, darting about through the
air in search of food. These birds live exclusively on insects, ..."
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