cuckoo-shrike
杜鹃鸟,布谷鸟,鹃鸟,咕咕鸟
Definitions
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- : any of numerous Old World passerine birds of the family Campephagidae, certain species of which superficially resemble cuckoos and have hooked bills like shrikes.
Examples
We understand—who would want to give up the angelic Keita, even if it means raising a cuckoo?
She Said: Jace, their daughter was on the verge of another home invasion at the hands of Cuckoo Disfigured Larry.
He benefited, of course, from an opposition party that went a little cuckoo.
From the point of view of the Notre Dame football team, that had to be something of a relief: She was an unbalanced cuckoo clock.
Among the variety of birds, several black cockatoos and the pheasant cuckoo were seen.
A lovely bracket of carved wood fixed to the wall held a cheap cuckoo-clock from Switzerland.
Suddenly he takes out his pipe, plays "cuckoo" to himself very solemnly, and is immensely relieved thereby.
Soon a cuckoo called from the distance and in a few moments the caravan was ready to move on.
Cuckoo Peter has read in the holy books that 'the goods of the sinner are reserved for the just!'