cuckoo vs coucal
coucal vs cuckoocuckoo and coucal both are nouns.
cuckoo is a verb but coucal is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cuckoo | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| coucal | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
coucal is a hyponym of
cuckoo; that is, coucal is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
cuckoo:
- cuckoo: any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail
- coucal: Old World ground-living cuckoo having a long dagger-like hind claw
Other hyponyms of cuckoo include
Cuculus canorus, European cuckoo, black-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus, chaparral cock, Geococcyx californianus, roadrunner, ani.
| cuckoo (noun) | coucal (noun) |
|---|---|
| any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail | Old World ground-living cuckoo having a long dagger-like hind claw |
| a man who is a stupid incompetent fool |
| cuckoo (verb) | coucal (verb) |
|---|---|
| repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call |
Words related to "cuckoo"
- Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Cuculidae
- Cuculus canorus
- European cuckoo
- Geococcyx californianus
- ani
- black-billed cuckoo
- bozo
- chaparral cock
- coucal
- cuculiform bird
- dirty word
- echo
- family Cuculidae
- fathead
- filth
- fool
- goof
- goofball
- goose
- jackass
- muggins
- obscenity
- repeat
- roadrunner
- sap
- saphead
- smut
- tomfool
- twat
- vulgarism
- zany
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