koeln.
/ˈkəʊəl/, U.S. /ˈkoʊəl/ A cuckoo of the genus Eudynamis, esp. the E. honorata of India, and the E. flindersi of New Guinea and Australia.
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1826 J. Leyden & W. Erskine tr. Babur Memoirs 323 (note) The koel..has a kind of song, and is the nightingale of Hindustân.
1834 A. Prinsep Baboo I. ii. 18 The ever-green shrubberies formed..a sheltered choir for the mango-bird, the meina, and the coel.
1865 J. Gould Handbk. Birds Austral. I. 632 Australian Koel.
1886 R. Kipling Departm. Ditties (1899) 113 The rose has lost its fragrance, and the köil's note is strange.
1888 J. Gould Birds New Guinea IV. pl. 41 The Koels or Black Cuckoos of the genus Eudynamys.
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