channel-billed cuckoo en · NOUN
Meanings
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A large, grey cuckoo, Scythrops novaehollandiae, of Indonesia, New Guinea and northeastern Australia,
The channel-bill cuckoos disturbed one another, up in the skies, shouting in a frenzy of old man's cackle.
2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 376:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| channel-billed cuckoos | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| channel-bill cuckoo | alternative | lexicographic |