koel

American  

[koh-uhl] / ˈkoʊ əl /

noun

1. any of several cuckoos of the genus Eudynamys, of India, the Malay Archipelago, and Australia.

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koel British  

/ ˈkəʊəl /

noun

1. any of several parasitic cuckoos of the genus Eudynamys, esp E. scolopacea, of S and SE Asia and Australia

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Etymology

Origin of koel

1820–30; < Hindi < Sanskrit kokila

Example Sentences

The town, properly called Koel or Coel, is distant about 2 miles from the fort, and is connected with it by a beautiful avenue.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various

Koel, 22, 26, 83, 86, 219 Kokla green-pigeon, 125 Koklas pheasant, 100 seq.

From Birds of the Indian Hills by Dewar, Douglas

It is in this bird's nest that the Koel chiefly lays.

From The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 by Hume, Allan Octavian

A Koel bird, as if in derision of the feathered songsters, sent forth his shrill plaintive, "Koe-e-el, Koe-e-el, Ko-e-e-el!"

From Caste by Fraser, William Alexander

Of picarian birds there have been found Cuculus intermedius, the Oriental Cuckoo; Eudynamis cyanocephala sub-species everetti, a small form of the Koel, and Eurystomus australis, the Australian Roller.

From Essays on early ornithology and kindred subjects by McClymont, James Roxburgh