channel-billed cuckoo

noun

A large, grey cuckoo, Scythrops novaehollandiae, of Indonesia, New Guinea and northeastern Australia,

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Meanings

nounchannel-billed cuckoo (plural channel-billed cuckoos)

plural channel-billed cuckoos · alternative channel-bill cuckoo

  1. A large, grey cuckoo, Scythrops novaehollandiae, of Indonesia, New Guinea and northeastern Australia,

    The channel-bill cuckoos disturbed one another, up in the skies, shouting in a frenzy of old man's cackle.

    2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 376

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
channelbill
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APA

channel-billed cuckoo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/channel-billed%20cuckoo

MLA

“channel-billed cuckoo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/channel-billed%20cuckoo. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “channel-billed cuckoo,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/channel-billed%20cuckoo.

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