borogove

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

A portmanteau created by Lewis Carroll.

[edit] Noun

borogove (plural borogoves)

  1. A thin shabby-looking bird with its feathers sticking out all round, something like a live mop, in the nonsense poem Jabberwocky.
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