"borogove" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2006, David Brown, Kara Willey, The Worlds of Naughtenny Moore",
          "text": "The borogove let out a quiet chirp. Another, larger borogove squirmed in through the hole in the fabric.",
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          "ref": "2013, Mel Gilden, The Jabberwock Came Whiffling: A Novel of Fantasy, page 22",
          "text": "Its knee bent the wrong way, though Albert thought it was certainly the right way for the borogove . Another borogove popped out of the forest and followed the first across the road, then a third and a fourth .",
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          "text": "It smelled like a wet borogove.",
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          "text": "With the Borogove's long legs, they hop and step over some incoming attacks.",
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