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1. (n.) cuckoo
any of various usu. slim, stout-billed, long-tailed birds of the order Cuculiformes: many species noted for their brood parasitism.
2. cuckoo
a common Eurasian cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, with a monotonously repeated call.
3. cuckoo
the call of this cuckoo.
4. cuckoo
Informal. a crazy or foolish person.
5. (v.t.) cuckoo
to repeat monotonously.
6. (adj.) cuckoo
Informal. crazy; silly; foolish.
Etymology: (1200–50; ME cuc(c)u, cuccuk(e) (imit.))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) fathead, goof, goofball, bozo, jackass, goose, cuckoo, twat, zany
a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
2. (verb) cuckoo
any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail
3. (verb) cuckoo
repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) cuckoo
a bird belonging to Cuculus, Coccyzus, and several allied genera, of many species
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Sense: a bird, named after its call, which lays eggs in the nests of other birds.
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 Afrikaans: koekoek |
 Arabic: وَقْواق، طائر الكوكو |
 Bulgarian: кукувица |
 Brazilian: cuco |
 Czech: kukačka |
 German: der Kuckuck |
 Danish: gøg |
 Greek: κούκος |
 Spanish: cuco |
 Estonian: kägu |
 Farsi: فاخته؛ کوکو |
 Finnish: käki |
 French: coucou |
 Hebrew: קוּקִייָה |
 Hindi: कोयल |
 Croatian: kukavica |
 Hungarian: kakukk |
 Indonesian: burung kukuk |
 Icelandic: gaukur |
 Italian: cuculo, cucù |
 Japanese: かっこう |
 Korean: 뻐꾸기 |
 Lithuanian: gegutė |
 Latvian: dzeguze |
 Malay: sewah padang |
 Dutch: koekoek |
 Norwegian: gjøk |
 Polish: kukułka |
 Persian: فاخته؛ کوکو |
 Pashto: کوکو کوتره |
 Portuguese: cuco |
 Romanian: cuc |
 Russian: кукушка |
 Slovak: kukučka |
 Slovenian: kukavica |
 Serbian: kukavica |
 Swedish: gök |
 Thai: นกชนิดหนึ่งที่ชอบวางไข่ไว |
 Turkish: guguk kuşu |
 Taiwanese: 杜鵑，布穀鳥 |
 Ukrainian: зозуля |
 Urdu: كوئل نما پرنده، كوكو |
 Vietnamese: chim cu cu |
 Chinese: 杜鹃，布谷鸟 |
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