Толковый словарь английского языка - cuckoo
Cuckoo
cuckoo
I. noun (plural ~s) Etymology: Middle English cuccu, of imitative origin Date: 13th century a largely grayish-brown European bird (Cuculus canorus) that is a parasite given to laying its eggs in the nests of other birds which hatch them and rear the offspring, the call of the ~, a silly or slightly crackbrained person, II. transitive verb Date: 1648 to repeat monotonously as a ~ does its call, III. adjective Date: 1627 of, relating to, or resembling the ~, deficient in sense or intelligence ; silly
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n. & adj. --n. any bird of the family Cuculidae, esp. Cuculus canorus, having a characteristic cry, and depositing its eggs in the nests of small birds. --predic.adj. sl. crazy, foolish. Phrases and idioms cuckoo clock a clock that strikes the hour with a sound like a cuckoo's call, usu. with the emergence on each note of a mechanical cuckoo. cuckoo flower 1 a meadow plant, Cardamine pratensis, with pale lilac flowers. 2 = ragged robin. cuckoo in the nest an unwelcome intruder. cuckoo-pint a wild arum, Arum maculatum, with arrow-shaped leaves and scarlet berries: also called lords and ladies (see LORD). cuckoo-spit froth exuded by larvae of insects of the family Cercopidae on leaves, stems, etc. Etymology: ME f. OF cucu, imit. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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