A common European bird, Cuculus canorus, of the family Cuculidae, noted for its characteristic call and its brood parasitism.
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Please may that be also the last such cuckoo letter this year.
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Birds whirred from the heather and the cuckoo was in the wood.
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Sir, -Am I the first to hear the cuckoo this year?
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Each spring, the Times of London has letters about the first cuckoo.
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The cuckoo was king of Egypt and of the whole of Phoenicia.