common coucal

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• coucal — /kooh keuhl/, n. any of several Old World cuckoos of the genus Centropus, having harsh textured plumage and a long, daggerlike hind claw. [1805 15; < F, said to be equiv. to couc(ou) CUCKOO + al(ouette) lark] * * * ▪ bird  any of about 27 species …   Universalium

• Coucal — Coucals Lesser Coucal Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …   Wikipedia

• common pheasant — Pheasant Pheas ant, n. [OE. fesant, fesaunt, OF. faisant, faisan, F. faisan, L. phasianus, Gr. ? (sc. ?) the Phasian bird, pheasant, fr. ? a river in Colchis or Pontus.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of large gallinaceous birds of the …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Greater Coucal — Crow Pheasant Conservation status Least Concern ( …   Wikipedia

• Andaman Coucal — Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) …   Wikipedia

• Buff-headed Coucal — Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kin …   Wikipedia

• Pheasant coucal — Pheasant Pheas ant, n. [OE. fesant, fesaunt, OF. faisant, faisan, F. faisan, L. phasianus, Gr. ? (sc. ?) the Phasian bird, pheasant, fr. ? a river in Colchis or Pontus.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of large gallinaceous birds of the …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• crow pheasant — noun common coucal of India and China • Syn: ↑Centropus sinensis • Hypernyms: ↑coucal * * * noun : the common coucal (Centropus sinensis) of India and China that is a large cuckoo of terrestrial habits …   Useful english dictionary

• As the crow flies — Crow Crow, n. [AS. cr[=a]we a crow (in sense 1); akin to D. kraai, G. kr[aum]he; cf. Icel. kr[=a]ka crow. So named from its cry, from AS. cr[=a]wan to crow. See {Crow}, v. i. ] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A bird, usually black, of the genus… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Carrion crow — Crow Crow, n. [AS. cr[=a]we a crow (in sense 1); akin to D. kraai, G. kr[aum]he; cf. Icel. kr[=a]ka crow. So named from its cry, from AS. cr[=a]wan to crow. See {Crow}, v. i. ] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A bird, usually black, of the genus… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Corvus Americanus — Crow Crow, n. [AS. cr[=a]we a crow (in sense 1); akin to D. kraai, G. kr[aum]he; cf. Icel. kr[=a]ka crow. So named from its cry, from AS. cr[=a]wan to crow. See {Crow}, v. i. ] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A bird, usually black, of the genus… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English