Chapter XIV

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From this reading CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher {204} {205} YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO _Called also: Rain Crow_ Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time?

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher {204} {205} YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO _Called also: Rain Crow_ Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time?

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher {204} {205} YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO _Called also: Rain Crow_ Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time?

equally

From this reading The black-billed cuckoo's voice is softer, and its cow notes run together, otherwise their "songs" are alike.

in addition

From this reading CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher {204} {205} YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO _Called also: Rain Crow_ Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time?

a native or inhabitant of the United States

From this reading Cuckoo clocks were first made in Europe where the common species of cuckoo calls in this way, but don't imagine its American cousins do.

pleasantly occupied

From this reading Except when it is time to go to school or to bed you are doubtless amused to hear him hiccough cuckoo, cuckoo, the mechanical notes that tell his name.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher {204} {205} YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO _Called also: Rain Crow_ Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time?

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Except when it is time to go to school or to bed you are doubtless amused to hear him hiccough cuckoo, cuckoo, the mechanical notes that tell his name.

a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep

From this reading Except when it is time to go to school or to bed you are doubtless amused to hear him hiccough cuckoo, cuckoo, the mechanical notes that tell his name.

having or provided with a belt

From this reading CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher {204} {205} YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO _Called also: Rain Crow_ Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time?

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

From this reading CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher {204} {205} YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO _Called also: Rain Crow_ Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time?

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher {204} {205} YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO _Called also: Rain Crow_ Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time?

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Cuckoo clocks were first made in Europe where the common species of cuckoo calls in this way, but don't imagine its American cousins do.

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher {204} {205} YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO _Called also: Rain Crow_ Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time?

plural of “call” — a telephone connection

From this reading Cuckoo clocks were first made in Europe where the common species of cuckoo calls in this way, but don't imagine its American cousins do.

a timepiece that shows the time of day

From this reading CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher {204} {205} YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO _Called also: Rain Crow_ Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time?

European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage

From this reading Cuckoo clocks were first made in Europe where the common species of cuckoo calls in this way, but don't imagine its American cousins do.

belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public

From this reading Cuckoo clocks were first made in Europe where the common species of cuckoo calls in this way, but don't imagine its American cousins do.

come or bring to a finish or an end

From this reading Our yellow-billed cuckoo's unmusical, guttural notes sound something like a tree toad's rattle, _kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-ruck, cow, cow, cow, cow!_ This is his complete "song," but usually one hears only a portion of it.

plural of “cousin” — the child of your aunt or uncle

From this reading Cuckoo clocks were first made in Europe where the common species of cuckoo calls in this way, but don't imagine its American cousins do.

female of domestic cattle: "“moo-cow” is a child's term"

From this reading Our yellow-billed cuckoo's unmusical, guttural notes sound something like a tree toad's rattle, _kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-ruck, cow, cow, cow, cow!_ This is his complete "song," but usually one hears only a portion of it.

dwell on with satisfaction

From this reading CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher {204} {205} YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO _Called also: Rain Crow_ Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time?

a man who is a stupid incompetent fool

From this reading CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher {204} {205} YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO _Called also: Rain Crow_ Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time?

possessive form of “cuckoo” — a man who is a stupid incompetent fool

From this reading Our yellow-billed cuckoo's unmusical, guttural notes sound something like a tree toad's rattle, _kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-ruck, cow, cow, cow, cow!_ This is his complete "song," but usually one hears only a portion of it.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher {204} {205} YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO _Called also: Rain Crow_ Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time?

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Cuckoo clocks were first made in Europe where the common species of cuckoo calls in this way, but don't imagine its American cousins do.

a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle

From this reading CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher {204} {205} YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO _Called also: Rain Crow_ Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time?

without doubt; certainly

From this reading Except when it is time to go to school or to bed you are doubtless amused to hear him hiccough cuckoo, cuckoo, the mechanical notes that tell his name.

the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use “Europe” to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles

From this reading Cuckoo clocks were first made in Europe where the common species of cuckoo calls in this way, but don't imagine its American cousins do.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher {204} {205} YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO _Called also: Rain Crow_ Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time?

apart from; not including

From this reading Except when it is time to go to school or to bed you are doubtless amused to hear him hiccough cuckoo, cuckoo, the mechanical notes that tell his name.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading Cuckoo clocks were first made in Europe where the common species of cuckoo calls in this way, but don't imagine its American cousins do.

(theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains)

From this reading CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher {204} {205} YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO _Called also: Rain Crow_ Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time?

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading Except when it is time to go to school or to bed you are doubtless amused to hear him hiccough cuckoo, cuckoo, the mechanical notes that tell his name.

like the sounds of frogs and crows

From this reading Our yellow-billed cuckoo's unmusical, guttural notes sound something like a tree toad's rattle, _kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-ruck, cow, cow, cow, cow!_ This is his complete "song," but usually one hears only a portion of it.

perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

From this reading Except when it is time to go to school or to bed you are doubtless amused to hear him hiccough cuckoo, cuckoo, the mechanical notes that tell his name.

third-person singular of “hear” — perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

From this reading Our yellow-billed cuckoo's unmusical, guttural notes sound something like a tree toad's rattle, _kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-ruck, cow, cow, cow, cow!_ This is his complete "song," but usually one hears only a portion of it.

(usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion

From this reading Except when it is time to go to school or to bed you are doubtless amused to hear him hiccough cuckoo, cuckoo, the mechanical notes that tell his name.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Except when it is time to go to school or to bed you are doubtless amused to hear him hiccough cuckoo, cuckoo, the mechanical notes that tell his name.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Except when it is time to go to school or to bed you are doubtless amused to hear him hiccough cuckoo, cuckoo, the mechanical notes that tell his name.

a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day

From this reading CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher {204} {205} YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO _Called also: Rain Crow_ Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time?

form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case

From this reading Cuckoo clocks were first made in Europe where the common species of cuckoo calls in this way, but don't imagine its American cousins do.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Cuckoo clocks were first made in Europe where the common species of cuckoo calls in this way, but don't imagine its American cousins do.

relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space

From this reading CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher {204} {205} YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO _Called also: Rain Crow_ Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time?

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Except when it is time to go to school or to bed you are doubtless amused to hear him hiccough cuckoo, cuckoo, the mechanical notes that tell his name.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Except when it is time to go to school or to bed you are doubtless amused to hear him hiccough cuckoo, cuckoo, the mechanical notes that tell his name.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Cuckoo clocks were first made in Europe where the common species of cuckoo calls in this way, but don't imagine its American cousins do.

nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill; usually crested and bright-colored; feed mostly on fish

From this reading CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher {204} {205} YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO _Called also: Rain Crow_ Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time?

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Our yellow-billed cuckoo's unmusical, guttural notes sound something like a tree toad's rattle, _kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-ruck, cow, cow, cow, cow!_ This is his complete "song," but usually one hears only a portion of it.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Our yellow-billed cuckoo's unmusical, guttural notes sound something like a tree toad's rattle, _kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-ruck, cow, cow, cow, cow!_ This is his complete "song," but usually one hears only a portion of it.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Our yellow-billed cuckoo's unmusical, guttural notes sound something like a tree toad's rattle, _kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-ruck, cow, cow, cow, cow!_ This is his complete "song," but usually one hears only a portion of it.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading Our yellow-billed cuckoo's unmusical, guttural notes sound something like a tree toad's rattle, _kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-ruck, cow, cow, cow, cow!_ This is his complete "song," but usually one hears only a portion of it.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher {204} {205} YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO _Called also: Rain Crow_ Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time?

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading Cuckoo clocks were first made in Europe where the common species of cuckoo calls in this way, but don't imagine its American cousins do.

using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices

From this reading Except when it is time to go to school or to bed you are doubtless amused to hear him hiccough cuckoo, cuckoo, the mechanical notes that tell his name.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading Except when it is time to go to school or to bed you are doubtless amused to hear him hiccough cuckoo, cuckoo, the mechanical notes that tell his name.

plural of “note” — a brief written record

From this reading Except when it is time to go to school or to bed you are doubtless amused to hear him hiccough cuckoo, cuckoo, the mechanical notes that tell his name.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher {204} {205} YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO _Called also: Rain Crow_ Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time?

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Our yellow-billed cuckoo's unmusical, guttural notes sound something like a tree toad's rattle, _kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-ruck, cow, cow, cow, cow!_ This is his complete "song," but usually one hears only a portion of it.

and nothing more

From this reading Our yellow-billed cuckoo's unmusical, guttural notes sound something like a tree toad's rattle, _kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-ruck, cow, cow, cow, cow!_ This is his complete "song," but usually one hears only a portion of it.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Except when it is time to go to school or to bed you are doubtless amused to hear him hiccough cuckoo, cuckoo, the mechanical notes that tell his name.

in other respects or ways

From this reading The black-billed cuckoo's voice is softer, and its cow notes run together, otherwise their "songs" are alike.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Our yellow-billed cuckoo's unmusical, guttural notes sound something like a tree toad's rattle, _kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-ruck, cow, cow, cow, cow!_ This is his complete "song," but usually one hears only a portion of it.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher {204} {205} YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO _Called also: Rain Crow_ Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time?

have ownership or possession of

From this reading CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher {204} {205} YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO _Called also: Rain Crow_ Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time?

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading Our yellow-billed cuckoo's unmusical, guttural notes sound something like a tree toad's rattle, _kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-ruck, cow, cow, cow, cow!_ This is his complete "song," but usually one hears only a portion of it.

water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

From this reading CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher {204} {205} YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO _Called also: Rain Crow_ Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time?

make short successive sounds

From this reading Our yellow-billed cuckoo's unmusical, guttural notes sound something like a tree toad's rattle, _kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-ruck, cow, cow, cow, cow!_ This is his complete "song," but usually one hears only a portion of it.

move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

From this reading The black-billed cuckoo's voice is softer, and its cow notes run together, otherwise their "songs" are alike.

an educational institution

From this reading Except when it is time to go to school or to bed you are doubtless amused to hear him hiccough cuckoo, cuckoo, the mechanical notes that tell his name.

comparative of “soft” — yielding readily to pressure or weight

From this reading The black-billed cuckoo's voice is softer, and its cow notes run together, otherwise their "songs" are alike.

a thing, without saying which

From this reading Our yellow-billed cuckoo's unmusical, guttural notes sound something like a tree toad's rattle, _kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-ruck, cow, cow, cow, cow!_ This is his complete "song," but usually one hears only a portion of it.

a short musical composition with words

From this reading Our yellow-billed cuckoo's unmusical, guttural notes sound something like a tree toad's rattle, _kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-ruck, cow, cow, cow, cow!_ This is his complete "song," but usually one hears only a portion of it.

plural of “song” — a short musical composition with words

From this reading The black-billed cuckoo's voice is softer, and its cow notes run together, otherwise their "songs" are alike.

the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause

From this reading Our yellow-billed cuckoo's unmusical, guttural notes sound something like a tree toad's rattle, _kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-ruck, cow, cow, cow, cow!_ This is his complete "song," but usually one hears only a portion of it.

(biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed

From this reading Cuckoo clocks were first made in Europe where the common species of cuckoo calls in this way, but don't imagine its American cousins do.

express in words

From this reading Except when it is time to go to school or to bed you are doubtless amused to hear him hiccough cuckoo, cuckoo, the mechanical notes that tell his name.

plural of “tell” — a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer

From this reading CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher {204} {205} YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO _Called also: Rain Crow_ Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time?

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher {204} {205} YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO _Called also: Rain Crow_ Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time?

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher {204} {205} YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO _Called also: Rain Crow_ Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time?

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading The black-billed cuckoo's voice is softer, and its cow notes run together, otherwise their "songs" are alike.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Cuckoo clocks were first made in Europe where the common species of cuckoo calls in this way, but don't imagine its American cousins do.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher {204} {205} YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO _Called also: Rain Crow_ Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time?

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Except when it is time to go to school or to bed you are doubtless amused to hear him hiccough cuckoo, cuckoo, the mechanical notes that tell his name.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Our yellow-billed cuckoo's unmusical, guttural notes sound something like a tree toad's rattle, _kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-ruck, cow, cow, cow, cow!_ This is his complete "song," but usually one hears only a portion of it.

in contact with each other or in proximity

From this reading The black-billed cuckoo's voice is softer, and its cow notes run together, otherwise their "songs" are alike.

a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

From this reading Our yellow-billed cuckoo's unmusical, guttural notes sound something like a tree toad's rattle, _kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-ruck, cow, cow, cow, cow!_ This is his complete "song," but usually one hears only a portion of it.

lacking interest in or talent for music

From this reading Our yellow-billed cuckoo's unmusical, guttural notes sound something like a tree toad's rattle, _kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-ruck, cow, cow, cow, cow!_ This is his complete "song," but usually one hears only a portion of it.

under normal conditions

From this reading Our yellow-billed cuckoo's unmusical, guttural notes sound something like a tree toad's rattle, _kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-r-uck, kr-r-ruck, cow, cow, cow, cow!_ This is his complete "song," but usually one hears only a portion of it.

the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech

From this reading The black-billed cuckoo's voice is softer, and its cow notes run together, otherwise their "songs" are alike.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading Cuckoo clocks were first made in Europe where the common species of cuckoo calls in this way, but don't imagine its American cousins do.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Cuckoo clocks were first made in Europe where the common species of cuckoo calls in this way, but don't imagine its American cousins do.

at the time that

From this reading Except when it is time to go to school or to bed you are doubtless amused to hear him hiccough cuckoo, cuckoo, the mechanical notes that tell his name.

in or at the place that

From this reading Cuckoo clocks were first made in Europe where the common species of cuckoo calls in this way, but don't imagine its American cousins do.

in the company of; together with

From this reading CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher {204} {205} YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO _Called also: Rain Crow_ Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time?

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher {204} {205} YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO _Called also: Rain Crow_ Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time?

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading CUCKOO AND KINGFISHER Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Belted Kingfisher {204} {205} YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO _Called also: Rain Crow_ Do you own a cuckoo clock with a little bird inside that flies out of a door every hour and tells you the time?