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- Dictionarycuckoo/ˈkʊkuː/
noun
- 1. a long-tailed, medium-sized bird, typically with a grey or brown back and barred or pale underparts. Many cuckoos lay their eggs in the nests of small songbirds.
- 2. a mad person. informal
adjective
- 1. mad; crazy: informal "people think you're cuckoo"
verb
- 1. take over (the home of a vulnerable person) in order to establish a base for illegal drug dealing in the area: British "the frightened woman confided to her support worker that her flat had been cuckooed by a gang selling drugs"
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1. : a largely grayish-brown European bird (Cuculus canorus) that is a parasite given to laying its eggs in the nests of other birds which hatch them and rear the offspring. broadly : any of a large family (Cuculidae of the order Cuculiformes) to which this bird belongs. 2. : the call of the cuckoo.
CUCKOO definition: 1. a grey bird with a two-note call that sounds similar to its name. Cuckoos lay their eggs in…. Learn more.
Cuckoo - Wikipedia. Cuckoos are birds in the Cuculidae / kjuːˈkjuːlɪdiː / family, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes / kjuːˈkjuːlɪfɔːrmiːz /. [1] [2] [3] The cuckoo family includes the common or European cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals, and anis.
Cuckoo definition: a common European bird, Cuculus canorus, of the family Cuculidae, noted for its characteristic call and its brood parasitism.. See examples of CUCKOO used in a sentence.
A cuckoo is a bird that has a call of two quick notes, and lays its eggs in other birds' nests.
A grayish bird (Cuculus canorus) of Eurasia and Africa that has a characteristic two-note call and lays its eggs in the nests of birds of other species. b. Any of various other birds of the family Cuculidae. 2. The call or cry of one of these birds. 3. Slang A foolish or crazy person. tr.v. cuck·ooed, cuck·oo·ing, cuck·oos.
A cuckoo is a type of long-tailed bird that's known for laying its eggs in the nests of other birds. In the summer, you're most likely to see cuckoos in various parts of Europe.
