BUPHAGA
\bʌfˈɑːɡə], \bʌfˈɑːɡə], \b_ʌ_f_ˈɑː_ɡ_ə]\
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b[=u]'f[=a]-ga, n. a small genus of African perching birds, nearly related to the starlings, feeding on the larvæ of gadflies and the like, which they find on the backs of cattle, camels, &c.--Also Beef-eater and Ox-pecker. [Gr., bous, an ox, phagein, to eat.]
By Thomas Davidson