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coucal

DEFINITIONS OF: coucal

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n Old World ground-living cuckoo having a long dagger-like hind claw

Types:
Centropus sinensis, crow pheasant
common coucal of India and China
Centropus phasianinus, pheasant coucal, pheasant cuckoo
Australian bird with a tail like a pheasant
Type of:
cuckoo
any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail
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