cuckoo (bird)noun [UK: ˈkʊk.uː] [US: ˈkəˌk.uː]Among the rest, the most able are: the ever watchful Crane, the mournful turtle dove, the cuckoo, the stock dove, the woodpecker, the jay, the crow and so on. = Inter reliquas, potissime sunt: Grus pervigil, Turtur gemens, Cuculus, Palumbes, Picus, Garrulus, Cornix et cetera.