Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cuculine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cu-cu-line
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, or pertaining to cuckoos.

Example Sentences

"On the grassy plain below noble game, zebra and koodoo, began to appear; while Guinea fowl, and partridge, quail, green pigeon, and the cuculine bird, called in India the Malabar pheasant, became numerous."

Inflected Forms

more cuculine (comparative) most cuculine (superlative)

Questions

What does cuculine mean?: Of, or pertaining to cuckoos.

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