cuculine

adj

cuculine

adj

1

Of, or pertaining to cuckoos.

On the grassy plain below noble game, zebra and koodoo, began to appear; while Guinea fowl, and partridge, quail, green pigeon, and the cuculine bird, called in India the Malabar pheasant, became numerous.1861, The Theological and Literary Journal, page 645:

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