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- noun (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of Asiatic cuckoos of the genus Taccocua, as the Bengal
sirkeer (T. sirkee ).
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- noun Any of several
species ofAsiatic cuckoos of thegenus Taccocua .
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Examples
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The tailor-birds, the ashy and the Indian wren-warblers, the brahminy mynas, the wire-tailed swallows, the amadavats, the sirkeer cuckoos, the pea-fowl, the water-hens, the common and the pied mynas, the cuckoo-shrikes and the orioles are all fully occupied with nursery duties.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916
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