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bucolic

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  1. rural                 
 
1. bu.col.ic \byu:-'ka:l-ik\ \-i-k(*-)le-\ aj [L bucolicus, fr. Gk 
   boukolikos, fr. boukolos cowherd, fr. Xbous head of cattle + -kolos (akin 
   to L colere to cultivate) 1: of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : 
   PASTORAL  2: RUSTIC  - bu.col.i.cal.ly av
2. bucolic n : a pastoral poem : ECLOGUE