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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Nearby words
- black-and-white,
- black-backed gull,
- black-bag,
- black-bag job,
- black-bellied plover,
- 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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