cuckoo

English Thesaurus

1. any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	cuculiform bird,
definition	:	birds having zygodactyl feet (except for the touracos) (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	cuculus canorus, european cuckoo,
definition	:	common cuckoo of Europe having a distinctive two-note call; lays eggs in the nests of other birds (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	black-billed cuckoo, coccyzus erythropthalmus,
definition	:	North American cuckoo; builds a nest and rears its own young (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	chaparral cock, geococcyx californianus, roadrunner,
definition	:	speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texas (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	ani,
definition	:	black tropical American cuckoo (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	coucal,
definition	:	Old World ground-living cuckoo having a long dagger-like hind claw (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	cuculidae, family cuculidae,
definition	:	includes cuckoo; ani; roadrunner (noun.animal)

2. a man who is a stupid incompetent fool (noun.person)

hypernym	:	fool, muggins, sap, saphead, tomfool,
definition	:	a person who lacks good judgment (noun.person)

3. repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call (verb.communication)

hypernym	:	echo, repeat,
definition	:	to say again or imitate (verb.communication)

4. any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail (noun.animal)

derivation	:	cuckoo,
definition	:	repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call (verb.communication)

5. a man who is a stupid incompetent fool (noun.person)

derivation	:	blunder, boob, drop the ball, goof, sin,
definition	:	commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake (verb.social)

derivation	:	anserine, dopey, dopy, foolish, gooselike, goosey, goosy, jerky,
definition	:	having or revealing stupidity (adj.all)

derivation	:	buffoonish, clownish, clownlike, zany,
definition	:	like a clown (adj.all)

derivation	:	cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky, zany,
definition	:	ludicrous, foolish (adj.all)

6. repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call (verb.communication)

derivation	:	cuckoo,
definition	:	any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail (noun.animal)

7. any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail (noun.animal)

derivation	:	cuckoo,
definition	:	repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call (verb.communication)

8. a man who is a stupid incompetent fool (noun.person)

derivation	:	blunder, boob, drop the ball, goof, sin,
definition	:	commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake (verb.social)

derivation	:	anserine, dopey, dopy, foolish, gooselike, goosey, goosy, jerky,
definition	:	having or revealing stupidity (adj.all)

derivation	:	buffoonish, clownish, clownlike, zany,
definition	:	like a clown (adj.all)

derivation	:	cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky, zany,
definition	:	ludicrous, foolish (adj.all)

9. repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call (verb.communication)

derivation	:	cuckoo,
definition	:	any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail (noun.animal)