- genus Cuculus
- nountype genus of the Cuculidae• Syn: ↑Cuculus• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Cuculidae, ↑family Cuculidae• Member Meronyms: ↑European cuckoo, ↑Cuculus canorus
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genus Cuculus
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Cuculus — Male Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) Scientific classification Kingdom: A … Wikipedia
Cuculus — noun type genus of the Cuculidae • Syn: ↑genus Cuculus • Hypernyms: ↑bird genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Cuculidae, ↑family Cuculidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Cuculus canorus — noun common cuckoo of Europe having a distinctive two note call; lays eggs in the nests of other birds • Syn: ↑European cuckoo • Hypernyms: ↑cuckoo • Member Holonyms: ↑Cuculus, ↑genus Cuculus … Useful english dictionary
Cuculus canorus — Cuckoo Cuck oo (k[oo^]k [=oo]), n. [OE. coccou, cukkow, F. coucou, prob. of imitative origin; cf. L. cuculus, Gr. ????, Skr. k?ki?a, G. kuckuk, D. koekoek.] (Zo[ o]l.) A bird belonging to {Cuculus}, {Coccyzus}, and several allied genera, of many… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
CUCULUS — I. CUCULUS Graece κόκκυξ, Plinio ex accipitre videtur esse, tempore anni figuram mutans, quoniam tunc non apparent reliqui, nisi perquam paucis diebus: ipseque modicô tempore aestatis visus non cernitur postea, l. 10. c. 9. Sed non solum… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
bird genus — noun a genus of birds • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑genus Protoavis, ↑genus Archaeopteryx, ↑genus Archeopteryx, ↑genus Sinornis, ↑genus Ibero mesornis, ↑gen … Useful english dictionary
Trigla cuculus — Cuckoo Cuck oo (k[oo^]k [=oo]), n. [OE. coccou, cukkow, F. coucou, prob. of imitative origin; cf. L. cuculus, Gr. ????, Skr. k?ki?a, G. kuckuk, D. koekoek.] (Zo[ o]l.) A bird belonging to {Cuculus}, {Coccyzus}, and several allied genera, of many… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Plasmodium cuculus — is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium . Like all Plasmodium species P. cuculus has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds. Taxobox color = khaki name = Plasmodium cuculus image caption = image width =… … Wikipedia
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