cuckoo

[Cuck·oo]

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

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

Noun
any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail

Noun
a man who is a stupid incompetent fool

Verb
repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call


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


Cuckoo

Cuck"oo (k??k"??), n. [OE. coccou, cukkow, F. coucou, prob. of imitative origin; cf. L. cuculus, Gr. , Skr. kkia, G. kuckuk, D. koekoek.] (Zo'94l.) A bird belonging to Cuculus, Coccyzus, and several allied genera, of many species. &hand; The European cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) builds no nest of its own, but lays its eggs in the nests of other birds, to be hatched by them. The American yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus Americanus) and the black-billed cuckoo (C. erythrophthalmus) build their own nests. Cuckoo bee (Zool.), a bee, parasitic in the larval stage in the nests of other bees, feeding either upon their food or larvae. They belong to the genera Nomada, Melecta, Epeolus, and others. -- Cuckoo clock, a clock so constructed that at the time for striking it gives forth sounds resembling the cry of the cuckoo. -- Cuckoo dove (Zo'94l.), a long-tailed pigeon of the genus Macropygia. Many species inhabit the East Indies. -- Cuckoo fish (Zo'94l.), the European red gurnard (Trigla cuculus). The name probably alludes to the sound that it utters. -- Cuckoo falcon (Zo'94l.), any falcon of the genus Baza. The genus inhabits Africa and the East Indies. -- Cuckoo maid (Zo'94l.), the wryneck; -- called also cuckoo mate. -- Cuckoo ray (Zo'94l.), a British ray (Raia miraletus). -- Cuckoo spit, ∨ Cuckoo spittle. (a) A frothy secretion found upon plants, exuded by the larvae of certain insects, for concealment; -- called also toad spittle and frog spit. (b) (Zo'94l.) A small hemipterous insect, the larva of which, living on grass and the leaves of plants, exudes this secretion. The insects belong to Aphrophora, Helochara, and allied genera. -- Ground cuckoo, the chaparral cock.

Cuckoobud

Cuck"oo*bud" (k??k"??-b?d`), n. (Bot.) A species of Ranunculus (R. bulbosus); -- called also butterflower, buttercup, kingcup, goldcup. Shak.

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

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Usage Examples

Switzerland is a small, steep country, much more up and down than sideways, and is all stuck over with large brown hotels built on the cuckoo clock style of architecture.

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Other Usage Examples

In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock!

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