rain cuckoo
now rare
noun
Any of several New World cuckoos; especially (formerly) †the chestnut-bellied cuckoo, Hyetornis pluvialis, of Jamaica ( obsolete ).
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in John Latham (1740–1837), naturalist.
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