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COUCAL
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Old World ground-living cuckoo having a long dagger-like hind claw
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("coucal" is a kind of...):
cuckoo (any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coucal"):
Centropus sinensis; crow pheasant (common coucal of India and China)
Centropus phasianinus; pheasant coucal; pheasant cuckoo (Australian bird with a tail like a pheasant)
Holonyms ("coucal" is a member of...):
Centropus; genus Centropus (a genus of Cuculidae)
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