COUCAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coucal mean? 

• COUCAL (noun)
  The noun COUCAL has 1 sense:

1. Old World ground-living cuckoo having a long dagger-like hind claw

  Familiarity information: COUCAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COUCAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World ground-living cuckoo having a long dagger-like hind claw

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("coucal" is a kind of...):

cuckoo (any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coucal"):

Centropus sinensis; crow pheasant (common coucal of India and China)

Centropus phasianinus; pheasant coucal; pheasant cuckoo (Australian bird with a tail like a pheasant)

Holonyms ("coucal" is a member of...):

Centropus; genus Centropus (a genus of Cuculidae)