Meanings
plural pheasant coucals
- A species of coucal, Centropus phasianinus, of Indonesia, New Guinea, and Australia.
‘Look,’ she said, excited, waving a spotted feather. ‘[…] I'll tell ya why dort, it's a sign.’ Yep, thought Kerry, a sign that a pheasant coucal had passed by in the past few hours.
2018, Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip, University of Queensland Press, published 2023, page 302Synonyms: pheasant cuckoo, swamp pheasant
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA species of coucal, Centropus phasianinus, of Indonesia, New Guinea, and Australia.
More synonyms by meaning
nounAustralian bird with a tail like a pheasant
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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pheasant coucal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pheasant%20coucal
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