pheasant-cuckoo

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• Cuckoo

  ·noun A bird belonging to Cuculus, Coccyzus, and several allied genera, of many species. ...

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• Cuckoo

  (Heb. shahaph), from a root meaning "to be lean; slender." This bird is mentioned only in Lev. 11:16...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• cuckoo

  n. common English bird-name.The Australian birds to which it is applied are – – Black-eared Cuckoo ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Cuckoo

  (Leviticus 11:16; 14:15) the name of some of the larger petrels which abound in the east of the Medi...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Pheasant

  ·noun The ruffed grouse. II. Pheasant ·noun Any one of numerous species of large gallinaceous birds...

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• pheasant

  n. This common English bird-nameis applied in Australia to two birds, viz. 1) The Lyre-bird (q.v.)...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• cuckoo-shrike

  n. This combination of twocommon English bird-names is assigned in Australia to thefollowing – – Bar...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• sea-cuckoo

  The Trigla cuculus, or red gurnard, so called from the unmusical grunt which it emits. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Impeyan pheasant

  ·- An Indian crested pheasant of the genus Lophophorus. Several species are known. Called also monau...

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• Sea pheasant

  ·- The pintail duck. ...

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• Water pheasant

  ·noun The hooded merganser. II. Water pheasant ·- The pintail. ·see <<Pintail>>, ·noun, 1. III. Wa...

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• Pheasant Court

  1) North-west out of Cow Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799). Site now co...

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• swamp-pheasant

  n. called also Pheasant-cuckoo. Another name for the Coucal (q.v.). 1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Pheasant Cock Yard

  See Pheasant Court. ...

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