Home › Words › C › coucalcoucalcoucal means any bird of the genus Centropus in the cuckoo family Cuculidae.EtymologyFrom French coucal, said to be a blend of coucou (“cuckoo”) + alouette (“lark”).nounAny bird of the genus Centropus in the cuckoo family Cuculidae.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.coua 77% match — A terrestrial bird of the genus Coua, in the cuckoo family. vs coucal →cuculid 75% match — Any of the family Cuculidae of near-passerine birds, the cuckoos. vs coucal →cuculine 71% match — Of, or pertaining to cuckoos. vs coucal →koel 69% match — A cuckoo of the genus Eudynamys, native to Asia, Australia and the Pacific. vs coucal →cuculiform 66% match — Any bird of the order Cuculiformes vs coucal →ani 66% match — Any bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family. vs coucal →cuckooing 66% match — The call of a cuckoo. vs coucal →malkoha 65% match — Any of the cuculine birds in the Phaenicophaeus genus, found across southern and south-east Asia. vs coucal →