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lesser cuckoo

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables
lesser cuck-oo
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the species Cuculus poliocephalus, found from the Congo to Japan.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

lesser cuckoos (plural)

Questions

What does lesser cuckoo mean?
Any member of the species Cuculus poliocephalus, found from the Congo to Japan.

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