bulau

English

Etymology

Native name.

Noun

bulau (plural not attested)

  1. (archaic) An East Indian insectivorous mammal (Gymnura rafflesii), somewhat like a rat in appearance, but allied to the hedgehog.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Last modified on 2 June 2012, at 18:06