borogove

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Etymology

    Coined by Lewis Carroll in 1855.

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    Noun

    borogove (plural borogoves)

    1. An animal introduced in the nonsense poem Jabberwocky. According to Humpty Dumpty, a borogove is "a thin shabby-looking bird with its feathers sticking out all round, something like a live mop." According to Mischmasch, it is "an extinct kind of parrot. They had no wings, beaks turned up, and made their nests under sun-dials: lived on veal."
      • 2006, David Brown, Kara Willey, The Worlds of Naughtenny Moore, →ISBN:
        The borogove let out a quiet chirp. Another, larger borogove squirmed in through the hole in the fabric.
      • 2013, Mel Gilden, The Jabberwock Came Whiffling: A Novel of Fantasy, →ISBN, page 22:
        Its knee bent the wrong way, though Albert thought it was certainly the right way for the borogove . Another borogove popped out of the forest and followed the first across the road, then a third and a fourth .
      • 2014, Daniel Coleman, Jabberwocky: A Novel, →ISBN:
        It smelled like a wet borogove.
      • 2015, Donald Weis, Monster Lore 2, →ISBN, page 12:
        With the Borogove's long legs, they hop and step over some incoming attacks.
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