Definition of cuckoo

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Cuckoo (n.) A bird belonging to Cuculus, Coccyzus, and several allied genera, of many species..

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Sirkeer :: Sirkeer (n.) Any one of several species of Asiatic cuckoos of the genus Taccocua, as the Bengal sirkeer (T. sirkee)..
Soldier :: Soldier (n.) The red or cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini..
Gowk :: Gowk (n.) The European cuckoo; -- called also gawky.
Coucal :: Coucal (n.) A large, Old World, ground cuckoo of the genus Centropus, of several species..
Ano :: Ano (n.) A black bird of tropical America, the West Indies and Florida (Crotophaga ani), allied to the cuckoos, and remarkable for communistic nesting..
Parasite :: Parasite (n.) An animal which habitually uses the nest of another, as the cowbird and the European cuckoo..
Starchy :: Starchwort (n.) The cuckoopint, the tubers of which yield a fine quality of starch..
Rampe :: Rampe (n.) The cuckoopint.
Gawk :: Gawk (n.) A cuckoo.
Cook :: Cook (v. i.) To make the noise of the cuckoo.
Wake-robin :: Wake-robin (n.) Any plant of the genus Arum, especially, in England, the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum)..
Cuculoid :: Cuculoid (a.) Like or belonging to the cuckoos (Cuculidae).
Titling :: Titling (n.) The hedge sparrow; -- called also titlene. Its nest often chosen by the cuckoo as a place for depositing its own eggs.
Buttercup :: Buttercup (n.) A plant of the genus Ranunculus, or crowfoot, particularly R. bulbosus, with bright yellow flowers; -- called also butterflower, golden cup, and kingcup. It is the cuckoobud of Shakespeare..
Cardamine :: Cardamine (n.) A genus of cruciferous plants, containing the lady's-smock, cuckooflower, bitter cress, meadow cress, etc..
Piririgua :: Piririgua (n.) A South American bird (Guira guira) allied to the cuckoos.
Wryneck :: Wryneck (n.) Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus Jynx, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species (J. torguilla); -- so called from its habit of turning the neck around in different directions. Called also cuckoo's mate, snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck..
Cuckooflower :: Cuckooflower (n.) A species of Cardamine (C. pratensis), or lady's smock. Its leaves are used in salads. Also, the ragged robin (Lychnis Flos-cuculi)..
Koel :: Koel (n.) Any one of several species of cuckoos of the genus Eudynamys, found in India, the East Indies, and Australia. They deposit their eggs in the nests of other birds..
Cowbird :: Cowbird (n.) The cow blackbird (Molothrus ater), an American starling. Like the European cuckoo, it builds no nest, but lays its eggs in the nests of other birds; -- so called because frequently associated with cattle..
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