Definitions
Etymologies
- From Malagasy. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The red-capped coua (Coua ruficeps) is found throughout this ecoregion.”
“The snail-eating coua (Coua delalandei), a lowland forest species from the endemic subfamily Couinae, was last recorded in 1834 and is almost certainly extinct.”
“Each, as he saw the mounted hunter, started with affright, and bolted off, until the whole drove stretched out in a long line over the plain, snorting and uttering their loud "coua-a-g" as they ran.”
“The foil of the coua - try exceeding fruitful, ibid.”
Internet Archive: An universal history, from the earliest accounts to the present time
“Then she would have her gowns with a _tail_ -- like a lady, forsooth; nothing would serve her but 'l'abita colla _coua_,' or”
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals
“41 TT has been long a matter of X controvercy in the hunting world, to what pert ten far coua» try, or fett of men, the fuperiori - ty power belonged.”
Lists
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Still More Bird Wirds
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Tweets
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reesetee A large, mostly terrestrial bird in the cuckoo family, endemic to Madagascar. The name Coua is an onomatopoeic rendering of the call note of some species. Feb 8, 2008