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Bu·col·ics       [byoo-kol-iks] Pronunciation Key
–noun
Eclogues.
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bu·col·ic       (byōō-kŏl'ĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Of or characteristic of the countryside or its people; rustic. See Synonyms at rural.
  2. Of or characteristic of shepherds or flocks; pastoral.

n.  
  1. A pastoral poem.
  2. A farmer or shepherd; a rustic.


[Latin būcolicus, pastoral, from Greek boukolikos, from boukolos, cowherd : bous, cow; see gwou- in Indo-European roots + -kolos, herdsman; see kwel-1 in Indo-European roots.]

bu·col'i·cal·ly adv.
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