Meaning of borogove | Babel Free

Definitions

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."

Examples

“The borogove let out a quiet chirp. Another, larger borogove squirmed in through the hole in the fabric.”

“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 .”

“It smelled like a wet borogove.”

“With the Borogove's long legs, they hop and step over some incoming attacks.”

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