Meanings
comparative more cuculine · superlative most cuculine
- Of, or pertaining to cuckoos.
On the grassy plain below noble game, zebra and koodoo, began to appear; while Guinea fowl, and partridge, quail, green pigeon, and the cuculine bird, called in India the Malabar pheasant, became numerous.
1861, The Theological and Literary Journal, page 645
Cite this entry
cuculine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuculine
“cuculine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuculine. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cuculine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuculine.
Source: cuculine on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.