Bible Dictionaries
Cuckoo
People's Dictionary of the Bible
Cuckoo. Leviticus 11:16; Deuteronomy 14:15, A. V. A bird whose flesh was not to be eaten. The cuckoo is known in Palestine; but more likely some of the lesser kinds of sea-fowl are meant. The R. V. reads "sea-mew" in both the above places.
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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Cuckoo'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/rpd/c/cuckoo.html. 1893.