common cuckoos

A form of common cuckoo — A species of migratory cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, inhabiting Eurasia and Africa, the male of which gives the vocalisation on which the word cuckoo is based.

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of common cuckoo
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