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Alphabetical [« »] cubit 2 cubits 1 cubs 9 cuckoo 19 cuckoo-fish 2 cuckoo-pint 1 cucumbers 2 | Frequency [« »] 19 camel 19 connexion 19 crooked 19 cuckoo 19 deer 19 derived 19 domesticated | Aristotle The History of Animals IntraText - Concordances cuckoo |
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1 IV, 9 | greatly like the cry of the cuckoo, and is nicknamed from the 2 VI, 7 | 7~The cuckoo is said by some to be a 3 VI, 7 | because at the time of the cuckoo’s coming, the hawk, which 4 VI, 7 | see hawks about when the cuckoo’s note sounds early in the 5 VI, 7 | early in the season. The cuckoo appears only for a short 6 VI, 7 | crooked talons, which the cuckoo has not; neither with regard 7 VI, 7 | regard to the head does the cuckoo resemble the hawk. In point 8 VI, 7 | are striped, and of the cuckoo mottled. And, by the way, 9 VI, 7 | of the appearance of the cuckoo, though the two have been 10 VI, 7 | seen simultaneously. The cuckoo has been seen to be preyed 11 VI, 7 | ever seen the young of the cuckoo. The bird eggs, but does 12 IX, 29 | 29~The cuckoo, as has been said elsewhere, 13 IX, 29 | mother bird, when the young cuckoo has grown big, thrusts her 14 IX, 29 | owing to the beauty of the cuckoo. Personal observers agree 15 IX, 29 | others say that the young cuckoo from its superior size snaps 16 IX, 29 | reared up with them. The cuckoo shows great sagacity in 17 IX, 29 | the fact is, the mother cuckoo is quite conscious of her 18 IX, 30 | owsel, and less than the cuckoo; it lays two eggs, or three 19 IX, 49B| the pairing season. The cuckoo changes its colour, and