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East Indies cuckoo

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Usage examples (27)
  • The incubation period of the egg of the koel is shorter than that of the crow, the consequence is that when, as usually happens, there is one of the former and several...
  • At first the call of the koel is a squeak, but later it takes the form of a creditable, if ludicrous, attempt at a caw.
  • When the summer rain comes, so does the distinctive call of the koel, or rainbird.
  • The sides of the mouth of the young koel are not fleshy.
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