Bull
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A Bull is an adult male of various large animal species including elk, moose, bovines (esp. cattle), elephants, whales, seals, and sea lions.
An interesting fact about bulls is that they are color blind. Thus, the common belief that bulls hate the color red is untrue.
Bull may also refer to:
- Papal bull, a solemn decree from the Pope
- Bull (mythology), worship of the Sacred Bull throughout the ancient world
- Bullshit, the common English expletive
- Bull market, an economic trend
- Irish bull, a ludicrous, incongruent or logically absurd statement
- Groupe Bull the French computer company
- Bull (TV Series), an original show on the TNT Network
Bull is the name of:
- Ole Bull, a Norwegian violinist
- Olaf Bull, a Norwegian poet
- Fredrik Rosing Bull, a Norwegian engineer
- Gerald Bull, an engineer who developed long range artillery
- Hedley Bull, a political scientist and major contributor to the English School of international relations
- Short Bull, a Brulé Sioux involved in the Ghost Dance movement
- Sitting Bull, a Hunkpapa Sioux medicine man and leader
- White Bull, a Sioux leader
- Bull Shannon, a character played by Richard Moll on the television program Night Court
- Bull Buchanan, ring name of professional wrestler Barry Buchanan
[edit] See also
- Bull market, a share-trading term
- Golden Bull, a decree of medieval and byzantine monarchs
- Bullsquid, a fictional creature in the PC game Half-Life
- Bullfighting, a tradition involving professional performers