Translingual

Cuculus canorus

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Cuculus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cuculidae.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Cuculiformes - order; Cuculidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Cuculus clamosus, Cuculus crassirostris, Cuculus gularis, Cuculus lepidus, Cuculus micropterus, Cuculus optatus, Cuculus rochii, Cuculus saturatus, Cuculus solitarius - species

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276

Latin

cucūlus (a cuckoo)

Noun

cucūlus m ‎(genitive cucūlī); second declension

1. cuckoo (bird)
2. a term of reproach (specifically a cuckold)

Inflection

Second declension.

Related terms

• cucus

Descendants

• Asturian: cuquiellu
• French: coucou
• Italian: cuculo
• Norman: coucou

References

• cuculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cuculus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.