bulbul

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

bulbul
    n 1: nightingale spoken of in Persian poetry

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bulbul \Bul"bul\, n. [Per.] (Zool.)
   The Persian nightingale ({Pycnonotus jocosus}). The name is
   also applied to several other Asiatic singing birds, of the
   family {Timaliid[ae]}. The green bulbuls belong to the
   {Chloropsis} and allied genera. [Written also {buhlbuhl}.]
   [1913 Webster]