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I.cuckoo [Brit ˈkʊkuː, Am ˈkuku, ˈkʊku] N

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cuckoo

he's the cuckoo in the nest fig, pej

c'est un parasite

II.cuckoo [Brit ˈkʊkuː, Am ˈkuku, ˈkʊku] ADJ (mad)

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cuckoo inf, hum

cuckoo pint N BOT

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cuckoo pint

arum m d'Italie

cuckoo clock N

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cuckoo clock

pendule f à coucou

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to be living in cloud-cuckoo-land

croire au père Noël

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cuckoo clock

croire aux miracles fig

to live in cloud cuckoo land inf

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I.cuckoo [ˈkʊku:, Am ˈku:ku:] N ZOOL

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cuckoo

II.cuckoo [ˈkʊku:, Am ˈku:ku:] ADJ inf

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cuckoo

to go cuckoo

devenir cinglé(e)

cuckoo clock N

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cloud cuckoo land N pej

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to live in cloud cuckoo land

ne pas avoir les pieds sur terre

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nid de coucou m

cuckoo

cuckoo clock

to live in cloud cuckoo land

ne pas avoir les pieds sur terre

to go cuckoo

devenir cinglé(e)

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They are capable of vocal mimicry and include the calls of many species including lapwings, cuckoos, puppies and squirrels in their song. en.wikipedia.org

Many species of birds mostly cuckoos, woodcreepers, tanagers, and antbirds feed near the swarms. en.wikipedia.org

In most cuckoos the calls are distinctive to particular species, and are useful for identification. en.wikipedia.org

More visible nests were more likely to be selected by the common cuckoos. en.wikipedia.org

The calls of cuckoos herald the start of spring. en.wikipedia.org

In addition, there are eight species of stork, five other species of pheasant, six minivets, seventeen different cuckoos, thirty flycatchers, and sixty species of warblers. en.wikipedia.org

The diversity of the cuckoo's eggs is extraordinary, the forms resembling those of its most usual hosts. en.wikipedia.org

Hosts attack cuckoos more when they see neighbors mobbing cuckoos. en.wikipedia.org

They show a pattern of moult that differs from those of other parasitic cuckoos. en.wikipedia.org

The remains of 84 bird specimens of 18 different species, including motmots, doves, trogons, cuckoos, wrens and orioles, were discovered at one spectral bat roost. en.wikipedia.org

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