Definitions for cuckoo clock
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
cuck′oo clock`(n.)
a clock that announces the hours by a sound like the call of the cuckoo, usu. accompanied by the appearance of an imitation bird through a little door.
Category: Horology, Furniture
Origin of cuckoo clock:
1775–85
Princeton's WordNet
cuckoo clock(noun)
clock that announces the hours with a sound like the call of the cuckoo
Wiktionary
cuckoo clock(Noun)
A clock that announces the time by a cuckoo sound, often equipped with a mechanical cuckoo.
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