koel
nounEtymology From Hindi कोयल (koyal), from Sanskrit कोकिल (kokila) which is of onomatopoeic origin.
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A cuckoo of the genus Eudynamys, native to Asia, Australia and the Pacific.
- It's a beautiful night / a koel starts up / its one weird note.1994, Dorothy Porter, The Monkey's Mask, page 49:
- Derived terms
- Asian koel, Australian koel, black-billed koel, eastern koel, Pacific koel, western koel