cuckoos
- plural of cuckoo.
Example Sentences
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Cuckoos, for example, exploit these "fixed action patterns" by getting other birds to raise their young for them.
From BBC • Nov. 7, 2023
Cuckoos lay their eggs in other species’ nests; when the intruding chick hatches, it dumps its nestmates onto the ground “like a malevolent little wrestler.”
From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2020
Think “One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest” when Randle McMurphy just wants to watch the World Series: “Which one of you nuts has got any guts?”
From Washington Times • Dec. 15, 2015
Based on John Wyndham’s novel The Midwich Cuckoos, this creepy sci-fi cult classic is an homage to the terrifying power of uniform style.
From Slate • May 14, 2015
Cuckoos, 249; eating birds' eggs, 264; killed by robins, 264.
From Ways of Nature by Burroughs, John
