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Meaning of COUCAL

Pronunciation:  'kookul

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  Old World ground-living cuckoo having a long dagger-like hind claw
 
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 See Also: Centropus, Centropus phasianinus, Centropus sinensis, crow pheasant, cuckoo, genus Centropus, pheasant coucal, pheasant cuckoo

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cou"cal\ (k??"k?l), n. [Prob. native name.] (Zo["o]l.)
A large, Old World, ground cuckoo of the genus {Centropus},
of several species.
 
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