CUCULUS CANORUS

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Meaning:

Common cuckoo of Europe having a distinctive two-note call; lays eggs in the nests of other birds

Synonyms:

Cuculus canorus; European cuckoo

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Cuculus canorus" is a kind of...):

cuckoo (any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail)

Holonyms ("Cuculus canorus" is a member of...):

Cuculus; genus Cuculus (type genus of the Cuculidae)