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coua

coua noun: a terrestrial bird of the genus Coua, in the cuckoo family.

coua: a terrestrial bird of the genus Coua, in the cuckoo family
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Noun

coua (plural couas)

  1. A terrestrial bird of the genus Coua, in the cuckoo family.

Forms of coua

pluralcouas

Origin of coua

From French coua, from Malagasy koa, an onomatopoeia for its cry.

Questions about coua

What does coua mean?
Coua means a terrestrial bird of the genus Coua, in the cuckoo family.
What part of speech is coua?
Coua is a noun.
What is the plural of coua?
The plural of coua is couas.

Words near coua in the dictionary

  1. Cotytto
  2. cou'd
  3. cou'dn't
  4. cou'dst
  5. cou-cou
  6. coua
  7. couas
  8. couatl
  9. couatls
  10. coucal
  11. coucals

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