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Cowbird vs Cuckoo - What's the difference?

cowbird | cuckoo |


As nouns the difference between cowbird and cuckoo

is that cowbird is a small North American blackbird (Molothrus ater) that lays its eggs in the nests of other birds while cuckoo is any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially the pedia=1, Cuculus canorus, that has a characteristic two-note call.

As an adjective cuckoo is

crazy; not sane.

As a verb cuckoo is

to make the call of a cuckoo.