Maynard's cuckoo

noun

May·​nard's cuckoo

ˈmānə(r)dz-

: a West Indian cuckoo (Coccyzus minor maynardi) that is the only form of the mangrove cuckoo reaching the southernmost U.S.

Word History

Etymology

after Charles J. Maynard †1929 American ornithologist

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