cuckoo

Example Sentences

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She had told police the allegations were "cloud cuckoo land", and a jury found her not guilty of all charges.

From BBC

Some cichlids will try to avoid this fate by screening their eggs for fake ones, but in the process may mistakenly abandon their own actual eggs as well as those of the cuckoo catfish.

From Salon

Fish and Wildlife Service announced the final habitat designation for the western yellow-billed cuckoo on Tuesday.

From Washington Times

“I’ve been there when 25 or more warbler species, plus a supporting cast of cuckoos, vireos, thrushes, orioles, tanagers, grosbeaks and buntings … could be seen in a single day,” he wrote in an email.

From New York Times

I want the rebirth, the renewal, the rejuvenation, the dewdrops and showers, the first cuckoos and ascendant larks, the dooryard lilacs and budding twigs.

From Washington Post