yellow-billed cuckoo

yellow-billed cuckoo
/yel"oh bild'/
a North American cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus, that has a yellow bill and, unlike many cuckoos, constructs its own nest and rears its own young.
[1805-15, Amer.]

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