Definition of Coucals

1. coucal [n] - See also: coucal

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coucals

cotyloid joint
cotyloid ligament
cotyloid notch
cotyloidal
cotylosaur
cotylosaurian
cotylosaurs
cotype
cotypes
cou'd
cou'dn't
cou'dst
coua
couas
coucal
coucals (current term)
couch
couch-potato
couch-surf
couch potato
couch potatoes
couch surf
couch surfed
couch surfing
couch surfs
couchancy
couchant
couchant(ip)

Literary usage of Coucals

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Life After Logging: Reconciling Wildlife Conservation and Production by Erik Maijaard (2005)
"... coucals and ground-cuckoo Data from the USA suggest that nest parasites such as the Brown-headed Cowbird (Spizella passerina) become more common in ..."

2. Birds by Eugene William Oates, William Thomas Blanford (1895)
"... are usually three in number, and measure about 1-44 by 1-16. coucals are regarded as a great delicacy by Indian Mahomedans- and by some Hindoo castes. ..."

3. The Birds of India: Being a Natural History of All the Birds Known to by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1862)
"The coucals have the plumage harsh and spinous; the young are usually more or less barred ; in some these cross-bands are permanent. ..."

4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1816)
"The coucals in general form a most beautiful tribe of birds; they reside in woods, feed on insects and fruits; they construct their nests in trees, ..."

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