black-billed cuckoo

[ blak-bild ]

/ ˈblækˌbɪld /

noun

a black-billed North American cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus, that, unlike most cuckoos, constructs its own nest and rears its own young.

Nearby words

black-and-white, black-backed gull, black-bag, black-bag job, black-bellied plover, black-billed cuckoo, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, black-coated, black-crowned night heron, black-eyed pea

Origin of black-billed cuckoo

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

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