Definition of cuckoos Cuckoos
/kuˈkuz/ - [kukuz] -
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Wiktionary 
- cuckoos (Noun)
Plural of cuckoo.
Part of speech
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| cuckoo - any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail | ||
| cuculiform bird birds having zygodactyl feet (except for the touracos) | ||
| cuculidae, family cuculidae includes cuckoo; ani; roadrunner | ||
| cuculus canorus, european cuckoo common cuckoo of Europe having a distinctive two-note call; lays eggs in the nests of other birds | ||
| black-billed cuckoo, coccyzus erythropthalmus North American cuckoo; builds a nest and rears its own young | ||
| chaparral cock, geococcyx californianus, roadrunner speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texas | ||
| ani black tropical American cuckoo | ||
| cuckoo - a man who is a stupid incompetent fool | ||
| fathead, goof, goofball, bozo, jackass, goose, twat, zany | ||
| muggins, saphead, tomfool, fool, sap a person who lacks good judgment | ||
Verb |
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| cuckoo - repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call | ||
| echo, repeat call to mind; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy" | ||
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Wiktionary
- cuckoo (Noun)
Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae from Latin , famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially the common cuckoo , Cuculus canorus , that has a characteristic two-note call. - cuckoo (Noun)
The sound of that particular bird. - cuckoo (Noun)
The bird shaped figure found in Swiss/German clocks cuckoo clock s or the clock itself. - cuckoo (Noun)
Someone found where they shouldn't be. - cuckoo (Noun)
Someone who is crazy. - cuckoo (Verb)
To make the call of a cuckoo. - cuckoo (Verb)
To repeat something incessantly. - cuckoo (Adjective)
Crazy; not sane.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- cuckoo (n.)
A bird belonging to Cuculus, Coccyzus, and several allied genera, of many species.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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cuckoo
A common European bird, Cuculus canorus, of the family Cuculidae, noted for its characteristic call and its brood parasitism.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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cuckoo
kook′kōō, n. a bird which cries cuckoo, remarkable for laying its eggs in the nests of other birds.—ns. Cuck′oo-bud (Shak.), name of a plant; Cuck′oo-clock, a clock in which the hours are told by a cuckoo-call; Cuck′oo-flow′er, a species of Cardamine—called also Lady's Smock; Cuck′oo-pint, the Wake-robin, Arum maculatum; Cuck′oo-spit, -spit′tle, a frothy spittle, made by many insects parasitic on plants, surrounding the larvæ and pupæ
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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cuckoo
When the cuckoo comes to the bare thorn, Sell your cow and buy your corn, But when she comes to a full bit, Sell your corn, and buy your sheep.
