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n. - Genus of cattle egrets.

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  • Bubulcitate, by the way, is 'to do the office of a Bubulcus or Cowheard,' in case you were wondering.
  • The cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) increased its range of distribution early in the last century and now lives in these mangrove forests and the rest of the continent...
  • The first bishop of whom history has preserved any record is Bubulcus who was present at the Burgundian Synod of Epaon in 517.
  • An oxherd hight Bubulcus, and is ordained by office to keep oxen: He feedeth and nourisheth oxen, and bringeth them to leas and home again: and bindeth their feet with a...
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