Associations to the word «Coucal»

Wiktionary

COUCAL, noun. Any bird of the genus Centropus in the cuckoo family Cuculidae.

Dictionary definition

COUCAL, noun. Old World ground-living cuckoo having a long dagger-like hind claw.

Wise words

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