With their sleek body, long tail and pointed wings they are not unlike kestrels or sparrowhawks. • CUCKOO (verb) The verb CUCKOO has 1 sense: 1. repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call Some of the vocal sounds on the album are inspired by the sounds of a regional word for particular birds, as gleaned from the book All the Birds of the Air by Francesca Greenoak; a cuckoo used to sometimes be called a ‘Welsh ambassador’! The Old English was 'geac', in Scotland and northern England the word was 'gowk'. Cuckoo birds aren’t just the inspiration for intricate clocks. They do not spend long here, with many having flown south to Africa by the end of June. Cuckoo is from the Old French of 'cucu' which is the sound of the male bird's mating cry. ... (intr) to make the sound imitated by the word cuckoo [C13: from Old French cucu, of imitative origin; related to German kuckuck, Latin cucūlus, Greek kokkux] cuck•oo 2. any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail Familiarity information: CUCKOO used as a noun is rare. If you do not hear an even tic-tac on both sides, slightly push the clock to the side until the tic-tac sound … oos 1. Slang for "crazy" (adj.)
Sometimes common but usually hard to observe, the Yellow-billed Cuckoo inhabits dense leafy groves and thickets during the summer.
Couldn't really see much of the bird that was flying from us but it was about the size of dove / pigeon and it seemed to be that the sound of the 'cuckoo' was coming from it, would the cuckoo … Cuckoo (TV Series 2012– ) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Have lost ones mind, gone nuts. Dear LuckyBustard, Thanks for the info that's at least one bit solved with the calling query. Please check if the cuckoo clock hangs straight by listening to the ticking sound of the clock. The name usually designates some 60 arboreal members of the subfamilies Cuculinae and Phaenicophaeinae. was in American English in 1918, but noun meaning "stupid person" is first recorded 1581, perhaps from the bird's unvarying, oft-repeated call. • CUCKOO (noun) The noun CUCKOO has 2 senses: 1. a man who is a stupid incompetent fool. Find them in woodland, particularly woodland edges, as well as around reed beds and the moorlands of Scotland. Its stuttering, croaking calls, audible at a great distance, are often heard on hot, humid afternoons; people sometimes call this bird the "rain crow," imagining that it is … The cuckoo is a dove-sized bird with blue grey upper parts, head and chest with dark barred white under parts. The cuckoo is a summer visitor to the UK, arriving from April onwards. In western Europe “cuckoo,” without modifiers, refers to the most common local form, elsewhere called … In reply to LuckyBustard:. They’re also shameless parasites. Daddz - "Jesus fucking Christ, Andrew has eaten all the mayonnaise again!" Cuckoo, any of numerous birds of the family Cuculidae (order Cuculiformes).
Sexes are similar and the young are brown. cuckoo definition: The definition of a cuckoo is a type of grayish colored European bird that lays its eggs in the nests of other types of birds, the sound that this type of bird makes or is slang for a crazy person.