Usually means: Birds known for brood parasitism.
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  1. cuckoos: Merriam-Webster
  2. cuckoos: Collins English Dictionary
  3. cuckoos: Vocabulary.com
  4. Cuckoo's, Cuckoos, cuckoo's, cuckoos: Wordnik
  5. cuckoos: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. cuckoos: Wiktionary
  7. cuckoos: Dictionary.com
  8. cuckoos: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. cuckoos: Encyclopedia

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  1. cuckoos: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See cuckoo as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (cuckoo)

noun:  Any of various birds, of the order Cuculiformes, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially a common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), that has a characteristic two-note call.
noun:  The sound of that particular bird.
noun:  The bird-shaped figure found in cuckoo clocks.
noun:  The cuckoo clock itself.
noun:  A person who inveigles themselves into a place where they should not be (used especially in the phrase a cuckoo in the nest).
noun:  (slang) Someone who is crazy.
verb:  To make the call of a cuckoo.
verb:  To repeat something incessantly.
verb:  (UK, law enforcement) To take over the home of a vulnerable person for the purposes of carrying out organized crime in a concealed way.
adjective:  (slang) Crazy; not sane.
noun:  Alternative form of coo-coo (Barbadian food) [The two-note vocalisation made by the male of the common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), or imitation of this by a cuckoo clock.]
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