BULLFINCH
Bull"finch`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A bird of the genus Pyrrhula and other related genera, especially the P. vulgaris or rubicilla, a bird of Europe allied to the grosbeak, having the breast, cheeks, and neck, red.
Note: As a cage bird it is highly valued for its remarkable power of learning to whistle correctly various musical airs. Crimson-fronted bullfinch. (Zoöl.) See Burion. — Pine bullfinch, the pine finch.
BULLFIST; BULLFICE Bull"fist, Bull"fice, n. Etym: [Cf. G. bofist, AS. wulfes fist puffball, E. fizz, foist.] (Bot.)
Defn: A kind of fungus. See Puffball.
BULL FLY; BULLFLY
Bull" fly` or Bull"fly`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any large fly troublesome to cattle, as the gadflies and breeze flies.
BULLFROG
Bull"frog`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A very large species of frog (Rana Catesbiana), found in North
America; — so named from its loud bellowing in spring.
BULLHEAD
Bull"head`, n.