the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Cuculiformes (cuckoos, etc.) > [noun] > family Cuculidae > genus Cuculus > cuculus varius (hawk-cuckoo) (2)
an Indian cuckoo, Cuculus (Hierococcyx) varius, resembling a hawk in appearance.
Either of two cuckoos of the genus Cuculus having incessant repetitive calls: the common hawk-cuckoo of South Asia, C. varius, and (in later use)…