BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO

Meaning of BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO in English

/blak"bild'/

a black-billed North American cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus, that, unlike most cuckoos, constructs its own nest and rears its own young.

[ 1905-10, Amer. ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷- noun : a common No. American cuckoo ( Coccyzus erythropthalmus ) that constructs a nest and hatches its own …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO — черноклювая американская кукушка (Coccyzus erythrophthalmus)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO — черноклювая американская кукушка ( Coccyzus erythrophthalmus )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
CUCKOO — 1) кукушка; кукушка (Cuculus); обыкновенная кукушка (Cuculus canorus) 2) куковать • - African emerald cuckoo - Asiatic emerald cuckoo - banded day cuckoo - bay-breasted cuckoo - …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
CUCKOO — 1) кукушка; кукушка ( Cuculus ) ; обыкновенная кукушка ( Cuculus canorus ) 2) куковать • - African emerald cuckoo …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
BILLED — adjective having a bill especially of a specified kind
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CUCKOO — Any of some 138 species of tree-dwelling and terrestrial birds of the family Cuculidae. They are found worldwide in temperate …
Английский словарь Британика
BLACK — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) black eyed pea black lead black legged kittiwake Black Aesthetic movement Black Arts movement …
Английский словарь Британика
CUCKOO — I. ˈkü(ˌ)kü, ˈku̇(- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English cuccu, cuckow, of imitative origin like Middle Low German kukuk, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLACK — I. ˈblak adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English blak, from Old English blæc; akin to Old High German blah …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BILLED — ˈbild adjective Etymology: Middle English biled, from bile + -ed : having a bill a thick- billed bird a long- …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BILLED — (a.) Furnished with, or having, a bill, as a bird; -- used in composition; as, broad-billed.
Английский словарь Webster
BILLED — (imp. & p. p.) of Bill
Английский словарь Webster
BILLED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Bill
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BILLED — ( a. ) Furnished with, or having, a bill, as a bird; -- used in composition; as, broad-billed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CUCKOO — /kooh"kooh, kook"ooh/ , n. , pl. cuckoos , v. , cuckooed, cuckooing , adj. n. 1. a common European bird, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BLACK — — blackish , adj. — blackishly , adv. — blackishness , n. /blak/ , adj., blacker, blackest , n., v., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BILLED — /bild/ , adj. having a bill or beak, esp. one of a specified kind, shape, color, etc. (usually used in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CUCKOO — adj. of or pertaining to the cuckoo bird; resembling the cuckoo; (Slang) crazy; foolish; strange
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CUCKOO — n. European songbird; bird related to the European cuckoo bird; call of the cuckoo bird characterized by two-notes ; (Slang) …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BILLED — adj. charged
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CUCKOO — I. ˈkü-(ˌ)kü, ˈku̇- noun ( plural cuckoos ) Etymology: Middle English cuccu, of imitative origin Date: 13th century 1. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLACK — I. ˈblak adjective Etymology: Middle English blak, from Old English blæc; akin to Old High German blah black, and probably …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BILLED — adjective : having a bill especially of a specified kind — usually used in combination spoon- billed
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLACK — noun a black pigment or dye. 2. black ·noun a stain; a spot; a smooch. 3. black ·noun a black …
Webster English vocab
BILLED — impf & ·p.p. of bill. 2. billed ·adj furnished with, or having, a bill, as a bird; used in …
Webster English vocab
CUCKOO — [cuck.oo] n, pl cuckoos [ME cuccu, of imit. origin] (13c) 1: a largely grayish brown European bird (Cuculus canorus) that …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BLACK — [black] adj [ME blak, fr. OE blaec; akin to OHG blah black, and prob. to L flagrare to burn, Gk …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BILLED — [billed] adj: having a bill of a specified kind--used in combination "spoon-billed"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CUCKOO — Cuckoo (Cuculus) any of numerous birds of the family Cuculidae (order Cuculiformes). The name usually designates some 60 arboreal members …
Britannica English vocabulary
CUCKOO — cuckoo BrE AmE ˈkʊk uː AmE \ ˈkuːk- ˈkʊk- ▷ cuckoo|s z ▶ ˈ cuckoo clock BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BLACK — black, Black BrE AmE blæk ▷ blacked blækt ▷ blacker ˈblæk ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ blackest ˈblæk …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CUCKOO — / ˈkʊkuː; NAmE / noun , adjective ■ noun ( pl. -oos ) a bird with a call that sounds …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLACK — / blæk; NAmE / adjective , noun , verb ■ adjective ( black·er , black·est ) COLOUR 1. having the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CUCKOO — I. cuck ‧ oo 1 /ˈkʊkuː $ ˈkuːkuː, ˈkʊ-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BLACK — I. black 1 S1 W1 /blæk/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative blacker , superlative blackest ) [ Language: Old English …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CUCKOO — n. & adj. --n. any bird of the family Cuculidae, esp. Cuculus canorus, having a characteristic cry, and depositing its …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BLACK — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 very dark, having no colour from the absorption of all or nearly all incident …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CUCKOO — n. & adj. n. any bird of the family Cuculidae, esp. Cuculus canorus, having a characteristic cry, and depositing its …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BLACK — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 very dark, having no colour from the absorption of all or nearly all incident …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CUCKOO — n. & adj. --n. any bird of the family Cuculidae, esp. Cuculus canorus, having a characteristic cry, and depositing its …
Oxford English vocab
BLACK — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1. very dark, having no colour from the absorption of all or nearly all incident …
Oxford English vocab
CUCKOO — ( cuckoos) A cuckoo is a bird that has a call of two quick notes, and lays its eggs in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLACK — ( blacker, blackest, blacks, blacking, blacked) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
-BILLED — -billed combines with adjectives to indicate that a bird has a beak of a particular kind or appearance. ...yellow-billed ducks. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
-BILLED — ~ combines with adjectives to indicate that a bird has a beak of a particular kind or appearance. ...yellow~ ducks. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CUCKOO — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cuckoo clock (= a clock with a wooden bird inside that comes out …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BLACK
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CUCKOO — (FOOLISH) [adjective] [informal] - foolishYou must be cuckoo to pay that much for a car.
Cambridge English vocab
CUCKOO — n. Any of some 138 species of tree-dwelling and terrestrial birds of the family Cuculidae. They are found worldwide in …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BLACK — n. black mica black eyed pea black lead black legged kittiwake Black Aesthetic movement Black Arts movement Black and Tan …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BLACK
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BILLED — Synonyms and related words : Roman-nosed, aquiline, aquiline-nosed, beak-nosed, beak-shaped, beaked, bill-like, bill-shaped, booked, clawlike, crookbilled, crooked, crooknosed, down-curving, hamate, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CUCKOO — noun Cuckoo is used before these nouns: ↑ clock
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BLACK — n. 25B6; adjective a black horse : DARK, pitch-black, jet-black, coal-black, inky; Heraldry sable; rare nigrescent. a black night : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CUCKOO
Dirty English-Russian vocab
BLACK — adj. 1 jet, jet-black, coal-black, inky, sooty, swart, swarthy, raven, ebony, dusky, Literary ebon, hyacinthine Her hair was as black …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
CUCKOO — 1. сущ. 1) кукушка 2) кукование 3) разг. раззява, разиня Syn : gawk, gaper; scatter-brain 2. прил.; разг. сумасшедший, чокнутый …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BLACK
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BILLED — Выставляющийся
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BILLED — Оглашенный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BILLED — Оглашен
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BILLED — Объявленный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BILLED — Объявлен
Американский Англо-Русский словарь

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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