coucal

/ˈkukəl/

Other forms: coucals

Definitions of coucal

1. noun

   Old World ground-living cuckoo having a long dagger-like hind claw
   types:

   Centropus sinensis, crow pheasant

   common coucal of India and China

   Centropus phasianinus, pheasant coucal, pheasant cuckoo

   Australian bird with a tail like a pheasant

   type of:

   cuckoo

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