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cuckoos
noun(cuck-oo)
a largely grayish-brown European bird (Cuculus canorus) that is a parasite given to laying its eggs in the nests of other birds which hatch them and rear the offspring; broadly : any of a large family (Cuculidae of the order Cuculiformes) to which this bird belongs
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noun(cuck-oo)
the call of the cuckoo
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noun(cuck-oo)
a silly or slightly crackbrained person
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verb(cuck-oo)
to repeat monotonously as a cuckoo does its call

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