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cuckoo

The bird-shaped figure found in cuckoo clocks.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

The bird-shaped figure found in cuckoo clocks.

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  • Is that a Dalek cuckoo? Amazing.

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • 5QT Cuckoo Electric Pressure Cooker with 10 Menu Options and Stainless Steel Pot, GOLD / WHITE #pressurecooker #cuckoo #5qt #multicooker #white #leddisplay

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • My favorite quote: "The best thing we can do is go on with our daily routine" -Nurse Ratched, From "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • I’m sitting on the front porch and just heard my very first black-billed cuckoo! I’m so excited! How did I not know we have cuckoos in the States? 🤩 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-b...

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • CUCKOO CR-3032 30-Cup (Uncooked) / 60-Cup (Cooked) Large Capacity Commercial Rice Cooker & Warmer with Nonstick Inner Pot, Switch Press (Silver/Black) #nonstick #largecapacity #CR3032 #commercialricecooker #ricecooker #30cup

    Bluesky· May 2026
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#3·Apr 27, 2026

Any of various birds, of the family within the order , famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially a common cuckoo (), that has a characteristic two-note call.

Origin: From , kokkow, cukkuk, gokkouȝ, probably from , coquu, cucu (whence ); ultimately of the song of the male Common Cuckoo (), perhaps via . Compare dialectal . Displaced and native , ȝek (from ), see . The UK sense is by analogy from the bird's practice of brood parasitism. The Malaysian and Singaporean sense is a. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#2·Apr 27, 2026

The sound of that particular bird.

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  • Serena (Cuckoo Mask) NTR drawings

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • Jeff Tiedrich: pretending he’s a ‘trans weightlifter’ is also now a regular part of Donny’s act. why? all he’s doing is reminding everyone that he’s cuckoo for cocoa puffs. www.jefftiedrich.com/p/preznit-fu...

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • Orange tip Butterfly in the garden today ..on its favourite plant Cardamine Pratensis .. or Cuckoo flower ..or Lady's Smock ..or Mlkmaids ..it has a lot of names depending where you originate from ..lots of it this year happily for the butterflies 🦋

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • basically to me the concept of spongebob is not enough i want to make so many ways to enjoy spongebob that my brain goes a little cuckoo but i have so much fun.. theres so many creative ways i can do this... i make up new ways

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • Are there any books by non-cuckoo-for-Cocoa-Puffs writers that talk about the role of a pastor through the lens of spiritual parenthood? I’d expect there to be at least a few RC/TEC resources out there, but the only books I can find are evangelical or neo-Reformed ⚓️

    Bluesky· May 2026
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