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black-billed cuckoo
a black-billed North American cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus, that, unlike most cuckoos, constructs its own nest and rears its own young. -
channelbill
a large, gray Australian cuckoo, Scythrops novaehollandiae, with a grooved bill. -
cuckoo clock
A cuckoo clock is a clock with a door from which a toy cuckoo comes out and makes noises like a cuckoo every hour or half hour. -
cuckooflower
a bitter cress (Cardamine pratensis) bearing white or rose flowers; lady's-smock -
psychotic
Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid. -
rainbird
any of several birds, especially the black-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) and the yellow-billed cuckoo (C. americanus), that are said to call frequently before a rainstorm.