| cuckoo | | |
| n. (person) | 1. bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goofball, goose, jackass, twat, zany | a man who is a stupid incompetent fool. |
| ~ fool, muggins, saphead, tomfool, sap | a person who lacks good judgment. |
| n. (animal) | 2. cuckoo | any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail. |
| ~ cuculiform bird | birds having zygodactyl feet (except for the touracos). |
| ~ cuculidae, family cuculidae | includes cuckoo; ani; roadrunner. |
| ~ cuculus canorus, european cuckoo | common cuckoo of Europe having a distinctive two-note call; lays eggs in the nests of other birds. |
| ~ black-billed cuckoo, coccyzus erythropthalmus | North American cuckoo; builds a nest and rears its own young. |
| ~ chaparral cock, geococcyx californianus, roadrunner | speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texas. |
| ~ ani | black tropical American cuckoo. |
| ~ coucal | Old World ground-living cuckoo having a long dagger-like hind claw. |
| v. (communication) | 3. cuckoo | repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call. |
| ~ echo, repeat | to say again or imitate.; "followers echoing the cries of their leaders" |
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