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cuckoo clock
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cuckoo clock
n.
A wall or shelf clock that announces intervals of time with a sound imitative of a cuckoo's call and often with the simultaneous emergence of a mechanical bird from a small door.

cuckoo clock
n
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Horology) a clock in which a mechanical cuckoo pops out with a sound like a cuckoo's call when the clock strikes
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Noun1.cuckoo clock - clock that announces the hours with a sound like the call of the cuckoocuckoo clock - clock that announces the hours with a sound like the call of the cuckoo
clock - a timepiece that shows the time of day
Translations
cuckoo clock norologio a cucù


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