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Definition of European cuckoo
1. Noun. Common cuckoo of Europe having a distinctive two-note call; lays eggs in the nests of other birds.
Lexicographical Neighbors of European Cuckoo
Literary usage of European cuckoo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scribners Monthly (1878)
"The European cuckoo is evidently much more of a spring bird than ours is ...
The European cuckoo, on the other hand, seems to be a joyous, vivacious bird. ..."
2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"The name cuckoo is derived from the note of the male of the common European
cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), which, although monotonous, is always heard with ..."
3. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Or, The Preservation by Charles Darwin (1866)
"I may add that, according to Dr. Gray and some other observers, the European
cuckoo has not utterly lost all maternal love and care for her own offspring. ..."
4. A System of Natural History: Containing Scientific and Popular Descriptions by Georges Cuvier (1834)
"THE European cuckoo. I THIS singular tird is about fourteen inches in length,
shaped somewhat like a magpie, and distinguished from all other birds by its ..."
5. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1918)
"Perhaps the reason for this is that cuckoos delight in damp, cloudy weather.
The European cuckoo has ashy-gray plumage, barred with black beneath, ..."
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