BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black-billed cuckoo mean? 

• BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO (noun)
  The noun BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO has 1 sense:

1. North American cuckoo; builds a nest and rears its own young

  Familiarity information: BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

North American cuckoo; builds a nest and rears its own young

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

black-billed cuckoo; Coccyzus erythropthalmus

Hypernyms ("black-billed cuckoo" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("black-billed cuckoo" is a member of...):

Coccyzus; genus Coccyzus (a genus of Cuculidae)