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1. A man who is a stupid incompetent fool
   - fathead, goof, goofball [N. Amer], bozo [N. Amer], jackass, goose, zany
    
2. Any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail

1. Repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call

Derived forms: cuckoos, cuckooed, cuckooing

Type of: boofhead [Austral], charlie [Brit], cuculiform bird, drongo [Austral, NZ], echo, fool, galah [Austral], juggins [Brit], jughead [N. Amer], mampara [S.Africa], meathead, moegoe [S.Africa], muggins [Brit], nit [Brit], repeat, sap, tomfool

Part of: Cuculidae, family Cuculidae

Encyclopedia: Cuckoo Cuckoo, Virginia