Etymology

coucal

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Today it means: Any bird of the genus Centropus in the cuckoo family Cuculidae. Full definition →

French coucal
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  1. French · borrowed fromcoucal
  2. English todaycoucal

From French coucal, said to be a blend of coucou (“cuckoo”) + alouette (“lark”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.