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The two-note sound made by the cuckoo.
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A Barbadian food made from mashed okra and cornmeal.
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Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially the common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, that has a characteristic two-note call.
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The sound of that particular bird.
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The bird-shaped figure found in cuckoo clocks.
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The cuckoo clock itself.
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A person who inveigles themselves into a place where they should not be (used especially in the phrase a cuckoo in the nest).
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Someone who is crazy.
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To make the call of a cuckoo.
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To repeat something incessantly.
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Crazy; not sane.
Examples of cuckoo in a Sentence
Traditional cuckoo clocks are highly ornate.
The Texas screech-owl, the Texas woodpecker, and the road runner, or ground cuckoo, are found mostly in southern and south-western Texas.
You lot are living in cloud cuckoo land... .
A variety of the cuckoo called hototogisu (Cuculus poliocephalus) in imitation of the sound of its voice, is heard as an accompaniment of the uguisu, and there are also three other species, the kakkodori (Cuculus canorus), the Isutsu-dori (C. himalayanus), and the masuhakari, orju-ichi (C. hyperythrus).
Noteworthy in the animal life of the lower Sonoran and tropic region are a variety of snakes and lizards, desert rats and mice; and, among birds, the cactus wren, desert thrasher, desert sparrow, Texas night-hawk, mocking-bird and ground cuckoo or road runner (Geococcyx Californianus).
The cost of failure to a young cuckoo is death.
Based on old public records, the Shneider family began making cuckoo clocks in their own farmhouse in 1848.
Birds include the ostrich, great kori bustard, the eagle, vulture, hawk and crane, francolin, golden cuckoo, bootie, scarlet and yellow finches, kingfishers, parrots (in the eastern regions), pelicans and flamingoes.
Among the birds of the island are the eagle, hawk, petrel, owl, finch, peewit, diamond bird, fire-tail, robin, emu-wren, crow, swallow, magpie, blackcap, goatsucker, quail, ground dove, parrot, lark, mountain thrush, cuckoo, wattlebird, whistling duck, honeybird, Cape Barren goose, penguin duck, waterhen, snipe, albatross and laughing jackass.
To hear the cuckoo on ones right hand side bodes well for the rest of the year.
We heard our first cuckoo of the year here.
The remarkable case of the European cuckoo is a particular problem.
As the newly hatched baby cuckoo pokes it way out of its shell, it pushes the other eggs out of their rightful nest.
The bestseller The Cuckoo's Egg described a recent computer espionage attempt.
Popular food plants include holly, ivy, cabbage, nasturtium, honesty, long grasses, cuckoo flower, blackthorn.
Had excellent views of large hawk cuckoo here and the casuarinas around our bungalow often held a noisy flock of Oriental pied hornbill.
A pair of Mal lards were on the flooded freshwater stream that ran parallel with the river south of Cuckoo's Corner.
On Hearing the Cuckoo Sing I heard the cuckoo singing One early summer morn.
Than your opponent be doing something the cuckoo's nest a parents ' myth.
For wildlife aficionados, there are congers, cuckoo wrasse and dense shoals of bib as well as massive spider crabs and lobsters.
As we were waiting an Ashy cuckoo shrike posed on a tree near to which a Bamboo lemur was spotted by our eagle-eyed guide.
Black Forest families carved cuckoo clocks during the hard and long winters when deep snow kept them inside.
Estuarine Lichens (Link) 2 February 2005 On the Adur at mid-tide, two Little Grebes were diving underwater near Cuckoo's Corner.
A cuckoo wasp found in a variety of situations.
I have seen beautiful blue-and-gold male cuckoo wrasse here, a rare sight on the east coast.
In this case also both sexes of the cuckoo mimic the drongo, whereas according to the theory it would be necessary for the hen bird alone to do so.
The comics performing in the West End smash One Flew Over The Cuckoo 's Nest are staging a free performance next week.
April 14 th 1915 The twittering of swallows was welcome at Borley on Monday, the cuckoo was heard a fortnight ago.
Estuarine Lichens (Link) 2 February 2005 On the Adur at mid-tide, two Little Grebes were diving underwater near Cuckoo 's Corner.
The cuckoo 's stay in Britain is fairly short and it does not sing throughout the whole of that period.
Cuckoo wrasse fish live in the sea between 10 and 30 m deep.
Cuckoo Pint (Arum) - Tuberous rooted plants of distinct form; some are hardy.
A cuckoo clock pendant watch combines a useful time keeping device with a fashionable piece of jewelry.
The cuckoo clock is a very special type of clock.
The distinctive styling, combined with the cuckoo that is an essential part of the clock, makes the clock a design icon.
Cuckoo clocks are often replicated as miniatures and worn as items of jewelry.
A cuckoo clock pendant watch both looks stylish and is a great way to tell the time.
A pendant watch that is shaped as a cuckoo clock may look attractive and be fashionable, however it is important that it is also easy to tell the time.
This means that cuckoo clock pendants are also highly ornate.
A pendant watch with a highly detailed cuckoo clock design may catch on clothes.
Pendant watches with a large and ornate design, such as a cuckoo clock, can be relatively heavy.
In order to keep a cuckoo clock watch pendant looking great, it is important to undertake a few simple steps.
If the cuckoo clock pendant is not to be worn for a while then wrap it in acid free tissue paper or lint free cloth.
Change the battery - many pendant cuckoo clock watches are powered by battery.
A cuckoo clock pendant watch will be an attractive wardrobe accessory and will be admired for many years to come.
The eggs are laid in the nests of various bees and wasps, the chrysid larva living as a " cuckoo " parasite.
Another species of this group, the black cuckoo of India, apparently mimics the black drongo-shrike (Dicrurus ater), the resemblance between the two species being very close.
This suggests that the resemblance to the pugnacious drongo may be beneficial in protecting the defenceless cuckoo from enemies.
The cuckoo was also sacred to Hera, who, according to the Argive legend, was wooed by Zeus in the form of the bird.
It is probable that the face, neck, arms and feet were of ivory, while the rest of the figure was draped in gold, Like the Olympian Zeus of Pheidias, Hera was seated on an elaborately decorated throne, holding in her left hand the sceptre, surmounted in her case by the cuckoo (as that of Zeus had an eagle), and in her right, instead of an elaborate figure of Victory (such as the Athena Parthenos and the Olympian Zeus held), simply a pomegranate.