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CUCKOO

\kˈʊkuː], \kˈʊkuː], \k_ˈʊ_k_uː]\

Definitions of CUCKOO

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A bird with dark feathers that lays its eggs in the nests of other birds for them to hatch.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

A bird which cries cuckoo, remarkable for laying its eggs in the nests of other birds.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

A bird, so called from its cry.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

A bird, many species of which deposit their eggs to be hatched in the nests of other birds.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

n. [Latin] [Greek] A well-known bird of the genus Cuculus, deriving its name from its note.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

A bird which appears in the spring, and is said to suck the eggs of other birds, and lay her own to be hatched in their place; a name of contempt.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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