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European cuckoo   /jˌʊrəpˈiən kˈəkˌu/   Listen
European cuckoo

noun
1.
Common cuckoo of Europe having a distinctive two-note call; lays eggs in the nests of other birds.  Synonym: Cuculus canorus.






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"European cuckoo" Quotes from Famous Books



... ways which specially attract us. Not very common, but to be found in the lower part of the valley, is the beautiful fairy bluebird, a large bird 10 inches in length with a glistening cobalt-blue upper part and velvet black beneath. The European cuckoo may be heard all day long in the season from about 3,500 feet upwards. And about a dozen other cuckoos visit Sikkim, of which by far the prettiest is the emerald cuckoo, a small bird not much more than 6 inches long, of a brilliant emerald ...
— The Heart of Nature - or, The Quest for Natural Beauty • Francis Younghusband



Words linked to "European cuckoo" :   Cuculus, cuckoo, genus Cuculus



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