GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Bucolic , a. [L. bucolicus, Gr. , fr.  cowherd, herdsman;  ox + (perh.)  race horse; cf. Skr. kal to drive: cf. F. bucolique. See Cow the animal.] Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.
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   Bucolic, n. [L. Bucolicôn poëma.] A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds; as, the Bucolics of Theocritus and Virgil.
   Dryden.
   
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