Definitions for cuckoo-shrike

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cuckoo-shrike cuck·oo-shrike

Spelling: [koo-koo-shrahyk, koo k-oo-]

IPA: /ˈku kuˌʃraɪk, ˈkʊk u-/

Cuckoo-Shrike is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 631 anagrams from letters in cuckoo-shrike (-ccehikkoorsu).

Definitions for cuckoo-shrike

noun

1. any of numerous Old World passerine birds of the family Campephagidae, certain species of which superficially resemble cuckoos and have hooked bills like shrikes.

Examples for cuckoo-shrike

These are the wood-shrike, the minivet and the cuckoo-shrike.

The cuckoo-shrike (Grauculus macii) is not nearly related to the cuckoo, nor has it the parasitic habits of the latter.