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cagou

cagou is the alternative form of kagu.

Meaning of kagu

Noun

kagu (plural kagus)

  1. A New Caledonian endemic bird species, Rhynochetos jubatus, the only surviving member of the family Rhynochetidae.
    • Therewith hastened the Kagu into the shadowy hall, moving softly and rolling a little in her gait, with her head thrust forward; and a little flurried was she in her bearing as she darted this way and that her large and beautiful eyes, mild and timid, that were like liquid gold heated to redness....1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 33

Forms of cagou

pluralcagous

Questions about cagou

What is cagou the alternative form of?
Cagou is the alternative form of kagu.

Words near cagou in the dictionary

  1. Cagney
  2. Cagneys
  3. Cagniog
  4. cagot
  5. cagots
  6. cagou
  7. cagoul
  8. cagoulard
  9. cagoulards
  10. cagoule
  11. cagouled

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