chataka
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Sanskrit
चातक
(
cātaka
)
Noun
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chataka
(
plural
chatakas
)
A
bird
in
Indian
mythology
, represented as having a
beak
on its head that waits for rains to quench its thirst, and associated with the
Jacobin cuckoo
(
Clamator jacobinus
).
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