We understand—who would want to give up the angelic Keita, even if it means raising a cuckoo?
The Oscar International Film Festival: ‘Stranger By the Lake’ and Foreign Films You Should Watch|Jimmy So|February 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She Said: Jace, their daughter was on the verge of another home invasion at the hands of Cuckoo Disfigured Larry.
The Craziest Show on TV|Jace Lacob, Maria Elena Fernandez|November 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Only the cuckoo of our common birds builds so flimsy a nest as the dove's adored darling.
Birds Every Child Should Know|Neltje Blanchan
Inside the copse the doves were cooing, squirrels leaping, the cuckoo crying, as the mite went along.
Golden Moments|Anonymous
Before she had waited for green leaves and anemones, and the song of the thrush and the cuckoo.
From a Swedish Homestead|Selma Lagerlf
The nightingale comes about the same time, and the cuckoo follows close.
A Year in the Fields|John Burroughs
But the cuckoo is much paler on the back, and the bars of the breast are finer.
Birds in Flight|W. P. Pycraft
British Dictionary definitions for cuckoo
cuckoo
/ (ˈkʊkuː) /
nounplural-oos
any bird of the family Cuculidae, having pointed wings, a long tail, and zygodactyl feet: order Cuculiformes. Many species, including the European cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), lay their eggs in the nests of other birds and have a two-note call
informalan insane or foolish person
adjective
informalinsane or foolish
interjection
an imitation or representation of the call of a cuckoo
verb-oos, -ooingor-ooed
(tr)to repeat over and over
(intr)to make the sound imitated by the word cuckoo
Word Origin for cuckoo
C13: from Old French cucu, of imitative origin; related to German kuckuck, Latin cucūlus, Greek kokkux