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pheasant coucal

pheasant coucal noun: a species of coucal, Centropus phasianinus, of Indonesia, New Guinea, and Australia.

Noun

pheasant coucal (plural pheasant coucals)

  1. A species of coucal, Centropus phasianinus, of Indonesia, New Guinea, and Australia.
    • ‘Look,’ she said, excited, waving a spotted feather. ‘[…] I'll tell ya why dort, it's a sign.’ Yep, thought Kerry, a sign that a pheasant coucal had passed by in the past few hours.2018, Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip, University of Queensland Press, published 2023, page 302
    Synonyms:
    pheasant cuckoo, swamp pheasant

Synonyms of pheasant coucal

  • swamp pheasant
  • pheasant cuckoo

Forms of pheasant coucal

pluralpheasant coucals

Questions about pheasant coucal

What does pheasant coucal mean?
Pheasant coucal means a species of coucal, Centropus phasianinus, of Indonesia, New Guinea, and Australia.
What part of speech is pheasant coucal?
Pheasant coucal is a noun.
What is the plural of pheasant coucal?
The plural of pheasant coucal is pheasant coucals.

Words near pheasant coucal in the dictionary

  1. PHCs
  2. PhD
  3. PhDs
  4. PHE
  5. pheasant
  6. pheasant coucal
  7. pheasant coucals
  8. Pheasant Creek
  9. pheasant's eye
  10. pheasant's eyes
  11. pheasant's-eye

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