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Definitions of cuckoo in various dictionaries:
noun - a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
noun - any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail
verb - repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call
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| Encarta says its "two-note call has been invoked in many musical compositions as well as in...clocks" |
| Call it crazy, but unlike other types of these birds, the yellow-billed one builds its own nest instead of invading |
| This bird named for its call is famous for laying its eggs in other birds' nests; that's crazy! |
| A clock invented in the Black Forest around 1775 introduced this little birdie to timekeeping |
| A synonym for crazy, this bird isn't crazy--it lays eggs in the nests of other birds who then raise its young |
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| a long-tailed, medium-sized bird, typically with a grey or brown back and barred or pale underparts. Many cuckoos lay their eggs in the nests of small songbirds. |
| a grey bird with a two-note call that sounds similar to its name. Cuckoos lay their eggs in other birds' nests. |
| silly or crazy |
| A long-tailed, medium-sized bird, typically with a grey or brown back and barred or pale underparts. Many cuckoos lay their eggs in the nests of small songbirds. |
| A mad person. |
| Mad crazy. |
| any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail |
| a man who is a stupid incompetent fool |
| repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call |
| A grayish European bird (Cuculus canorus) that has a characteristic two-note call and lays its eggs in the nests of birds of other species. |
| Cuckoo description |
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The cuckoos are a family of birds, Cuculidae, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes. The cuckoo family includes the common or European cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals and anis. The coucals and anis are sometimes separated as distinct families, the Centropodidae and Crotophagidae respectively. The cuckoo order Cuculiformes is one of three that make up the Otidimorphae, the other two being the turacos and the bustards. * The cuckoos are generally medium-sized slender birds. Most species live in trees, though a sizeable minority are ground-dwelling. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, with the majority of species being tropical. Some species are migratory. The cuckoos feed on insects, insect larvae and a variety of other animals, as well as fruit. Some species are brood parasites, laying their eggs in the nests of other species, but the majority of species raise their own young. * Cuckoos have played a role in human culture for thousands of years, appearing in |
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