coua

See also: Coua

English

A coua (Coua gigas)

Wikispecies

Etymology

From French coua, from Malagasy koa, an onomatopoeia for its cry.

Noun

coua (plural couas)

1. A terrestrial bird of the genus Coua, in the cuckoo family.

Translations

bird of the genus Coua

• Czech: kukalka
• Dutch: coua
• Finnish: kuku (fi)
• French: coua (fr)
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• German: Seidenkuckuck m
• Navajo: kwaʼii
• Russian: мадагаска́рская куку́шка f (madagaskárskaja kukúška)

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French

Etymology

Coined 1821, from Malagasy koa, an onomatopoeia for its cry.

Noun

coua m (plural couas)

1. coua