"babax" meaning in All languages combined

See babax on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbæbæks/ Forms: babaxes [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βάβαξ (bábax). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|grc|βάβαξ}} Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βάβαξ (bábax) Head templates: {{en-noun}} babax (plural babaxes)
  1. Any of four species of passerine birds within the genus Pterorhinus in the laughingthrush family Leiothrichidae. Wikipedia link: babax

Inflected forms

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