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noun. A grayish bird (Cuculus canorus) of Eurasia and Africa that has a characteristic two-note call and lays its eggs in the nests of birds of other species.

noun. Any of various other birds of the family Cuculidae.

noun. The call or cry of one of these birds.

noun. A foolish or crazy person.

transitive verb. To repeat incessantly, as a cuckoo does its call.

adjective. Lacking in sense; foolish or crazy.

noun. A bird of the family Cuculidœ, and especially of the subfamily Cuculinœ or genus Cuculus: so called from its characteristic note.

noun. A simpleton; a fool: used in jest or contempt, like the ultimately related gowk.

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

noun. a clock so constructed that at the time for striking it gives forth sounds resembling the cry of the cuckoo.

noun. a long-tailed pigeon of the genus Macropygia. Many species inhabit the East Indies.

noun. the European red gurnard (Trigla cuculus). The name probably alludes to the sound that it utters.

noun. any falcon of the genus Baza. The genus inhabits Africa and the East Indies.

noun. the wryneck; -- called also cuckoo mate.

noun. a British ray (Raia miraletus).

noun. 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.

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noun. the chaparral cock.

adjective. Crazy; not sane.

noun. Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae (from Latin cuculus ("cuckoo")), 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

noun. The sound of that particular bird.

noun. The bird shaped figure found in Swiss/German clocks (cuckoo clocks) or the clock itself.

noun. Someone found where they shouldn't be (used especially in the phrase 'A cuckoo in the nest'.)

noun. Someone who is crazy.

verb. To make the call of a cuckoo

verb. To repeat something incessantly

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

noun. a man who is a stupid incompetent fool

"Some of his inventions are based on the technology used in cuckoo clocks, mechanical toys, piano rolls, and player pianos."

bee cuckoo  cuckoo owl  hornbill cuckoo  

cuckoo spittle  

cloud-cuckoo-land  cuckoo clock  cuckoo dove  cuckoo shrike  cuckoo sign  

echo  fool  muggins  repeat  sap  

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Philomel  ape  balmy  bananas  barmy  

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