cuculiform bird

Definitions of cuculiform bird

1. noun

   birds having zygodactyl feet (except for the touracos)
   types:

   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