Associations to the word «Bengalese»

Wiktionary

BENGALESE, adjective. Of or relating to Bengal.
BENGALESE, noun. A native or inhabitant of Bengal.
BENGALESE FINCH, noun. A domesticated estrildid finch, Lonchura striata domestica or Lonchura domestica, thought to have been bred from the white-rumped munia (Lonchura striata).
BENGALESE FINCHES, noun. Plural of Bengalese finch

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats