单词 | hawk-cuckoo |
释义 | > as lemmashawk-cuckoo hawk-cuckoo n. an Indian cuckoo, Cuculus (Hierococcyx) varius, resembling a hawk in appearance. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Cuculiformes (cuckoos, etc.) > [noun] > family Cuculidae > genus Cuculus > cuculus varius (hawk-cuckoo) hawk-cuckoo1862 brainfever bird1874 1862 T. C. Jerdon Birds India I. 329 The Common Hawk-Cuckoo..is the common Cuckoo of the plains of India. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 8 Aug. 8/2 The Zoological Society have lately received..a specimen of the hawk-cuckoo. 1960 M. MacDonald Birds in my Indian Garden 41 It was the Common Hawk-cuckoo, whose monotonously, maddeningly reiterated phrase..gives it the nickname of Brainfever Bird. < as lemmas |
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