HyperDic: black-billed_cuckoo

English > 1 sense of the expression *black-billed cuckoo*:
NOUN	animal	black-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus	North American cuckoo

English > *black-billed cuckoo*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	North American cuckoo; builds a nest and rears its own young.
Synonym	Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Member of	Coccyzus, genus Coccyzus	A genus of Cuculidae
Broader	cuckoo	Any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail