coucal
coucal noun: any bird of the genus Centropus in the cuckoo family Cuculidae.
Noun
coucal (plural coucals)
- Any bird of the genus Centropus in the cuckoo family Cuculidae.
coucal meaning in Tamil, Assamese, Indonesian and Vietnamese
coucal in Tamil
- செம்போத்து அல்லது செம்போத்து பேரினம், செம்பகம் அல்லது செம்பகப் பேரினம்
coucal in Assamese
- bird of the genus Centropus
- কুকুহা kukuha
coucal in Indonesian
- bird of the genus Centropus
- bubut
coucal in Vietnamese
- bird of the genus Centropus
- bìm bịp
Forms of coucal
| plural | coucals |
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Origin of coucal
From French coucal, said to be a blend of coucou (“cuckoo”) + alouette (“lark”).
Words formed from coucal
Questions about coucal
- What does coucal mean?
- Coucal means any bird of the genus Centropus in the cuckoo family Cuculidae.
- What is coucal in Tamil?
- Coucal in Tamil is செம்போத்து அல்லது செம்போத்து பேரினம், செம்பகம் அல்லது செம்பகப் பேரினம். See Coucal meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is coucal?
- Coucal is a noun.
- What is the plural of coucal?
- The plural of coucal is coucals.
Words near coucal in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: coucal (page history and authors); coucal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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