CUCULIFORM BIRD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cuculiform bird mean? 

• CUCULIFORM BIRD (noun)
  The noun CUCULIFORM BIRD has 1 sense:

1. birds having zygodactyl feet (except for the touracos)

  Familiarity information: CUCULIFORM BIRD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUCULIFORM BIRD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Birds having zygodactyl feet (except for the touracos)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("cuculiform bird" is a kind of...):

bird (warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

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

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

touraco; turaco; turacou; turakoo (large brightly crested bird of Africa)

Holonyms ("cuculiform bird" is a member of...):

Cuculiformes; order Cuculiformes (cuckoos; touracos; etc.)