cuculine

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English

Adjective

cuculine (comparative more cuculine, superlative most cuculine)

  1. Of, or pertaining to cuckoos.
    • 1861, The Theological and Literary Journal, page 645:
      On the grassy plain below noble game, zebra and koodoo, began to appear; while Guinea fowl, and partridge, quail, green pigeon, and the cuculine bird, called in India the Malabar pheasant, became numerous.