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black-billed cuckoo
[ blak-bild ]
noun
- a black-billed North American cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus, that, unlike most cuckoos, constructs its own nest and rears its own young.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of black-billed cuckoo1
An Americanism dating back to 1905–10
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Example Sentences
If he were only a Black-billed Cuckoo, it would not be so bad, but I saw his bill quite plainly, and it was yellow.
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The black-billed cuckoo's voice is softer, and its cow notes run together, otherwise their "songs" are alike.
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He has a cousin very much like himself in appearance, save that his bill is all black and he is listed the Black-billed Cuckoo.
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Oven-birds sang at intervals throughout the day, and once I heard again the black-billed cuckoo.
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