Cuckoo

Definitions

1. Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae within the order Cuculiformes, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially a common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), that has a characteristic two-note call.
   countable, uncountable
2. A locality in Dorset council area, north eastern Tasmania, Australia.
3. The sound of that particular bird.
   countable, uncountable
4. The bird-shaped figure found in cuckoo clocks.
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5. The cuckoo clock itself.
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6. A person who inveigles themselves into a place where they should not be (used especially in the phrase a cuckoo in the nest).
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7. Someone who is crazy.
   countable, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“He knows me, as the blind man knows the cuckoo, / By the bad voice.”

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