Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A large East Indian ground-cuckoo, Centropus rufipennis.

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Examples

  • Other birds that lift up their voices at early dawn are the crow-pheasant, the black partridge and the peacock.

    A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916

  • The nest of the crow-pheasant or coucal is a massive structure, globular in shape, with the entrance at one side.

    A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916

  • The _whoot_, _whoot_, _whoot_ of the crow-pheasant booms from almost every thicket.

    A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916

  • The call of this bird, which continues later in the year than that of the common cuckoo, is not unlike the _whoot-whoot-whoot_ of the crow-pheasant or coucal.

    Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

  • It hops about in thick bushes with considerable address, much as a crow-pheasant does.

    Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

  • The common coucal or crow-pheasant (_Centropus sinensis_) is a cuckoo that builds a nest and incubates its eggs.

    Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

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