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Entry 6 senses · 5 variants Webster, 1913

Bugle

/byo͞og'-əl/ · Bu·gle · IPA /ˈbjuːɡəl/
01 n. A sort of wild ox; a buffalo.
  1. 1.
    A sort of wild ox; a buffalo.
02 n. A horn used by hunters.
  1. 1.
    A horn used by hunters.
  2. 2.
    A copper instrument of the horn quality of tone, shorter and more conical that the trumpet, sometimes keyed; formerly much used in military bands, very rarely in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; -- called also the Kent bugle.(Mus.) Also: Kent bugle
03 n. An elongated glass bead, of various colors, though commonly black.
  1. 1.
    An elongated glass bead, of various colors, though commonly black.
04 a. Jet black.
  1. 1.
    Jet black.
05 n. A plant of the genus Ajuga of the Mint family, a native of the Old World.
  1. 1.
    A plant of the genus Ajuga of the Mint family, a native of the Old World.(Bot.)
Phrases & compounds
Yellow bugle — the Ajuga chamæpitys.