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Definition of Trigla cuculus

Trigla cuculus
Gaverick Ga"ver*ick, n. (Zo["o]l.) The European red gurnard (Trigla cuculus). [Prov. Eng.]
Trigla cuculus
Cuckoo Cuck"oo (k??k"??), n. [OE. coccou, cukkow, F. coucou, prob. of imitative origin; cf. L. cuculus, Gr. ????, Skr. k?ki?a, G. kuckuk, D. koekoek.] (Zo["o]l.) A bird belonging to Cuculus, Coccyzus, and several allied genera, of many species. Note: The European cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) builds no nest of its own, but lays its eggs in the nests of other birds, to be hatched by them. The American yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus Americanus) and the black-billed cuckoo (C. erythrophthalmus) build their own nests. Cuckoo bee (Zool.), a bee, parasitic in the larval stage in the nests of other bees, feeding either upon their food or larvae. They belong to the genera Nomada, Melecta, Epeolus, and others. Cuckoo clock, a clock so constructed that at the time for striking it gives forth sounds resembling the cry of the cuckoo. Cuckoo dove (Zo["o]l.), a long-tailed pigeon of the genus Macropygia. Many species inhabit the East Indies. Cuckoo fish (Zo["o]l.), the European red gurnard (Trigla cuculus). The name probably alludes to the sound that it utters. Cuckoo falcon (Zo["o]l.), any falcon of the genus Baza. The genus inhabits Africa and the East Indies. Cuckoo maid (Zo["o]l.), the wryneck; -- called also cuckoo mate. Cuckoo ray (Zo["o]l.), a British ray (Raia miraletus). Cuckoo spit, or Cuckoo spittle. (a) A frothy secretion found upon plants, exuded by the larvae of certain insects, for concealment; -- called also toad spittle and frog spit. (b) (Zo["o]l.) A small hemipterous insect, the larva of which, living on grass and the leaves of plants, exudes this secretion. The insects belong to Aphrophora, Helochara, and allied genera. Ground cuckoo, the chaparral cock.

Meaning of Trigla cuculus from wikipedia

- Black Sea. The red gurnard was first formally described in 1758 as Trigla cuculus by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae with the...
- Gilbert formally designated Trigla lyra, which had been described by Linnaeus in 1758, as the type species of the genus Trigla and so of the family Triglidae...
- Cardinalfish Trigla (Sea robins) Trigla cataphracta – Peristedion cataphractum Trigla lyra – Piper gurnard Trigla gurnardus – Grey gurnard Trigla cuculus – East...
- Boxlip mullet Within the Triglidae family: Aspitrigla cuculus also known by the name of Red gurnard Trigla lucerna also known by the name of Tub gurnard Eutrigla...
- described as a genus in 1873 by the German zoologist Johann Jakob Kaup. In 1896 Trigla hirundo was designated as the type species of the genus by David Starr Jordan...
- Aspitriglia cuculus Longfin gurnard, Chelidonichthys obscurus Grey gurnard, Eutriglia gurnardus Long-finned gurnard, Lepidotrigla argus Tub gurnard, Trigla lucerna...
- Chelidonichthys cuculus Chelidonichthys lucerna Chelidonichthys obscurus Eutrigla gurnardus Lepidotrigla cavillone Lepidotrigla dieuzeidei Trigla lyra Trigloporus...
- fisheries as a food fish. The tub gurnard was first formally described as Trigla lucerna in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae...
- (rollers and orioles), Gracula (mynas), Paradisea (birds-of-paradise), Cuculus (cuckoos), Jynx (wrynecks), Picus (wood****s), Sitta (nuthatches), Alcedo...
- Smith described a new subgenus of the genus Trigla called Trigloporus for his newly described species Trigla africana. Some authorities have treated this...