Definitions for cuckoo's nest
cuckoo's nest

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1. Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pitnoun

   pejorative terms for an insane asylum

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1. cuckoo's nest

   Cuckoos are birds in the Cuculidae family, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes . The cuckoo family includes the common or European cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals and anis. The coucals and anis are sometimes separated as distinct families, the Centropodidae and Crotophagidae respectively. The cuckoo order Cuculiformes is one of three that make up the Otidimorphae, the other two being the turacos and the bustards. The family Cuculidae contains 150 species which are divided into 33 genera. The cuckoos are generally medium-sized slender birds. Most species live in trees, though a sizeable minority are ground-dwelling. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution; the majority of species are tropical. Some species are migratory. The cuckoos feed on insects, insect larvae and a variety of other animals, as well as fruit. Some species are brood parasites, laying their eggs in the nests of other species and giving rise to the metaphor cuckoo's egg, but the majority of species raise their own young. Cuckoos have played a role in human culture for thousands of years, appearing in Greek mythology as sacred to the goddess Hera. In Europe, the cuckoo is associated with spring, and with cuckoldry, for example in Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost. In India, cuckoos are sacred to Kamadeva, the god of desire and longing, whereas in Japan, the cuckoo symbolises unrequited love.

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1. cuckoo's nest

   A "cuckoo's nest" in the vernacular context usually refers to a situation that is chaotic, bizarre or chaotic. The term is derived from the unusual nesting habits of some cuckoo bird species, which lay their eggs in other birds' nests, causing confusion and chaos. This phrase has been popularized by Ken Kesey's 1962 novel, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," and the subsequent movie, which depicted a psychiatric hospital as an example of such a chaotic and oppressive environment.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cuckoo's nest in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cuckoo's nest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

References

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