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Перевод: cuckoo

[прилагательное]
не в своем уме; чокнутый;
[существительное]
кукушка ; кукование; глупец ; разиня ;
[глагол]
куковать

Тезаурус:

1. CUCKOO LP. 86003
2. The "irresistibility theory" fits with the views of early German ornithologists who referred to foster-parents as behaving like "addicts" and to the cuckoo nestling as their "vice,.
3. Operation Cuckoo might already be a non-runner; diplomacy could break down suddenly, restoring the status quo.
4. Cuckoo adaptations to manipulate the behaviour of foster-parents can be looked upon as extended phenotypic action at a distance by cuckoo genes.
5. Hold your hand near your lips as you say, "Cut the cake"; feel the draught on your hand every time "k" is sounded (e.g. "Be kind to cats", "The call of the cuckoo").
6. "Cuckoo.
7. It is diverted to the alien nest where it drops into the cuckoo's mouth the food that had been destined for its own young.
8. Field experiments with stuffed birds also demonstrate that different species of small birds all close in for the attack on a hated enemy - in this case not a predator but a cuckoo.
9. Its nervous system is being controlled, as irresistibly as if it were a helpless drug addict, or as if the cuckoo were a scientist plugging electrodes into its brain.
10. Many of the records of insects represent an extension of the known range of the particular species: three species of bees, five of aculeate wasps and 20 of hoverflies are among many new records for Leicestershire; the cuckoo wasp, Vespula austriaca , is new to central England; there is the most southerly record of a calliphorid fly, which is common in Scotland; at least eight species of Ichneumonidae and five of Serphidae are new to Britain; and two ichneumonids are probably new to science.
11. I think that cuckoo nestlings must be doing rather more than just "fooling" their hosts, more than just pretending to be something they aren't.
12. Some, such as froghoppers ("cuckoo spit") and flea beetles, cause little more than cosmetic damage and will be tolerated by healthy plants.