koel

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koel - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Koel \Ko"el\, n. [Native name in India.] (Zool.)
     Any one of several species of cuckoos of the genus
     Eudynamys, found in India, the East Indies, and Australia.
     They deposit their eggs in the nests of other birds.
     [1913 Webster]