brubru

/ˈbɹuːbɹuː/

Etymology

Borrowed from French brubru, ultimately imitative of the call of the male of the species.

brubru means also more fully as brubru shrike: a bird in the bushshrike family found in sub-Saharan Africa (Nilaus afer). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 96 out of 100.

brubru is pronounced /ˈbɹuːbɹuː/.

noun

Also more fully as brubru shrike: a bird in the bushshrike family found in sub-Saharan Africa (Nilaus afer).“L[anius] Capensis, Shaw. le Brubru, Le Vaill.; Brubru Shrike. […] Native of the Cape of Good Hope. From its peculiar note brubru, it derives its trivial name.”