Cuckoo

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• Cuckoo

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

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• 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-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