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cuculiform bird

DEFINITIONS OF: cuculiform bird

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n birds having zygodactyl feet (except for the touracos)

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cuckoo
any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail
touraco, turaco, turacou, turakoo
large brightly crested bird of Africa
Cuculus canorus, European cuckoo
common cuckoo of Europe having a distinctive two-note call; lays eggs in the nests of other birds
Coccyzus erythropthalmus, black-billed cuckoo
North American cuckoo; builds a nest and rears its own young
Geococcyx californianus, chaparral cock, roadrunner
speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texas
ani
black tropical American cuckoo
coucal
Old World ground-living cuckoo having a long dagger-like hind claw
Type of:
bird
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
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