cuckoo clock

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cuckoo clock

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

(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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Noun

cuckoo 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 n → orologio a cucù

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