What is the meaning of CUCKOO. Phrases containing CUCKOO
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You're Running on Your Own Cuckoo Clock
Cuckoo is British slang for crazy, mad, insane.
Cuckoo's nest is British slang for a mental institution.
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Yoke-footed; having the toes disposed in pairs; -- applied to birds which have two toes before and two behind, as the parrot, cuckoo, woodpecker, etc.
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A genus of cruciferous plants, containing the lady's-smock, cuckooflower, bitter cress, meadow cress, etc.
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A plant of the genus Ranunculus, or crowfoot, particularly R. bulbosus, with bright yellow flowers; -- called also butterflower, golden cup, and kingcup. It is the cuckoobud of Shakespeare.
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A plant of the genus Arum (A. maculatum); the European wake-robin.
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The red or cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini.)
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A South American bird (Guira guira) allied to the cuckoos.
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Any plant of the genus Arum, especially, in England, the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum).
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A man who knows his wife's infidelity and submits to it; a tame cuckold; -- so called because the cuckoo lays its eggs in the wittol's nest.
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An animal which habitually uses the nest of another, as the cowbird and the European cuckoo.
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The cuckoopint.
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An extensive division of birds which includes the woodpeckers, toucans, trogons, hornbills, kingfishers, motmots, rollers, and goatsuckers. By some writers it is made to include also the cuckoos, swifts, and humming birds.
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Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus Jynx, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species (J. torguilla); -- so called from its habit of turning the neck around in different directions. Called also cuckoo's mate, snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck.
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The European cuckoo; -- called also gawky.
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Any one of several species of Asiatic cuckoos of the genus Taccocua, as the Bengal sirkeer (T. sirkee).
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The cuckoopint, the tubers of which yield a fine quality of starch.
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The cuckoobud.
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Any one of several species of cuckoos of the genus Eudynamys, found in India, the East Indies, and Australia. They deposit their eggs in the nests of other birds.
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The hedge sparrow; -- called also titlene. Its nest often chosen by the cuckoo as a place for depositing its own eggs.
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Like or belonging to the cuckoos (Cuculidae).
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