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Meanings of cuckoo in English
A common European bird, Cuculus canorus, of the family Cuculidae, noted for its characteristic call and its brood parasitism.
Usage of cuckoo in English
1
Please may that be also the last such cuckoo letter this year.
2
Birds whirred from the heather and the cuckoo was in the wood.
3
Sir, -Am I the first to hear the cuckoo this year?
4
Each spring, the Times of London has letters about the first cuckoo.
5
The cuckoo was king of Egypt and of the whole of Phoenicia.
6
The ticking of the cuckoo clock seemed suddenly very loud and noticeable.
7
They're dogged and determined, but it reaches a point where it's cuckoo.
8
Putin hid behind a pillar and did cuckoo to me from behind.
9
Is it possible a cuckoo pushed them out of another bird's nest?
10
Consider the history of the cuckoo, which is reared exclusively by foster-mothers.
11
Far out, a cuckoo hooted-and the immortal call passed on the wind.
12
And the absurd cuckoo clock uttered its foolish sound to greet them.
13
The cuckoo clock struck nine, and Claude made a gesture of annoyance.
14
Our own cuckoo is, in colour and markings, very like a sparrow-hawk.
15
One would mock the cuckoo, and another recite indecent stories about St.
16
The cuckoo lifts our hearts with the promise of an abundant summer.
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Cuckoo across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common