Definition of "borogove"

borogove

/ˈbɒɹə(ʊ)ɡəʊv/

noun
plural borogoves
1. An animal introduced in the nonsense poem Jabberwocky. According to Humpty Dumpty, a borogove is "a thin shabby-looking bird with its feathers sticking out all round, something like a live mop." According to Mischmasch, it is "an extinct kind of parrot. They had no wings, beaks turned up, and made their nests under sun-dials: lived on veal."
  Quotations
  The borogove let out a quiet chirp. Another, larger borogove squirmed in through the hole in the fabric.
  2006, David Brown, Kara Willey, The Worlds of Naughtenny Moore
  Its knee bent the wrong way, though Albert thought it was certainly the right way for the borogove . Another borogove popped out of the forest and followed the first across the road, then a third and a fourth .
  2013, Mel Gilden, The Jabberwock Came Whiffling: A Novel of Fantasy, page 22
  It smelled like a wet borogove.
  2014, Daniel Coleman, Jabberwocky: A Novel
  With the Borogove's long legs, they hop and step over some incoming attacks.
  2015, Donald Weis, Monster Lore 2, page 12