Cuckoo

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

← Cuckoldry × Cuckoobud →

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
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
pheasant-cuckoo
n. another name for the Coucal (q.v.), Centropus phasianellus, Gould.See also Swamp-Pheasant. 1846...

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