Phrase Hound found 59 phrases and 11 compound words that contain cuckoo. The most common are listed below. Open cuckoo in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 59
- cuckoo clockA clock that announces the time (hours and quarter hours) by a cuckoo sound, often equipped with a small cuckoo automaton.
- common cuckooA species of migratory cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, inhabiting Eurasia and Africa, the male of which gives the vocalisation on which the word cuckoo is based.
- cuckoo-doveAny of several species of bird in the genera Macropygia, Reinwardtoena and Turacoena of the pigeon family.
- cuckoo spitA frothy mass of white liquid that is secreted onto plants by froghopper larvae and serves as a protective covering.
- cuckoo waspAny of the many wasps of the family Chrysididae that are kleptoparasites or parasitoids and are often brightly coloured.
- cloud-cuckoo-landAn imaginary place where silly or unrealistic people metaphorically reside.
- rufous-vented ground-cuckooNeomorphus geoffroyi, a large terrestrial species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family
- Philippine cuckoo-doveAny of species Macropygia tenuirostris of doves native to the Philippines and Taiwan
- cuckoo signA gesture, consisting of a twirling motion of a finger near the temple, used to suggest that another person is crazy.
- yellow-billed cuckooA cuckoo of species Coccyzus americanus.
- pallid cuckooThe cuckoo Cacomantis pallidus, found mainly in Australia.
- cuckoo for Cocoa PuffsCrazy, insane, irrational.
- channel-billed cuckooA large, grey cuckoo, Scythrops novaehollandiae, of Indonesia, New Guinea and northeastern Australia,
- Jacobin cuckooClamator jacobinus, a bird found in Africa and Asia.
- brush cuckooA species of cuckoo, Cacomantis variolosus, of Southeast Asia and Australasia.
- cuckoo beeAny bee having the kleptoparasitic behaviour of laying eggs in the nests of other bees.
- cuckoo beesplural of cuckoo bee: Any bee having the kleptoparasitic behaviour of laying eggs in the nests of other bees.
- cuckoo catfishSynodontis multipunctatus, a small African catfish that lays eggs among the eggs of a cichlid, to be taken care of by the cichlid.
- cuckoo clocksplural of cuckoo clock: A clock that announces the time (hours and quarter hours) by a cuckoo sound, often equipped with a small cuckoo automaton.
- cuckoo pintAlternative form of cuckoopint: A flowering plant with arrow-shaped leaves and a cluster of scarlet berries, of species Arum maculatum.
- cuckoo theoryA speculative theory that human language originated from the imitation of animal vocalisations.
- cuckoo-finchA species of bird, Anomalospiza imberbis.
- cuckoo-hawkEither of two African hawks in the genus Aviceda
- cuckoo-rollerA bird, of the species Leptosomus discolor of the order Leptosomiformes, native to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands.
- cuckoo-rollersplural of cuckoo-roller: A bird, of the species Leptosomus discolor of the order Leptosomiformes, native to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands.
Compound words 11
- cuckooflowerEither of two flowering plants
- cuckoonessmadness; craziness; eccentricity
- cuckooshrikeA bird of any of the species in the family Campephagidae.
- cuckooishCuckoolike.
- cuckoolikeResembling or characteristic of a cuckoo.
- cuckoobudA buttercup.
- cuckoopintA flowering plant with arrow-shaped leaves and a cluster of scarlet berries, of species Arum maculatum.
- cuckooflowersplural of cuckooflower: Either of two flowering plants
- cuckooingsplural of cuckooing: The call of a cuckoo.
- cuckoopintsplural of cuckoopint: A flowering plant with arrow-shaped leaves and a cluster of scarlet berries, of species Arum maculatum.