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Species of bird
The cuckoo, common cuckoo, European cuckoo or Eurasian cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes
Common_cuckoo
Family of birds
Cuckoos are birds in the family Cuculidae, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes. The cuckoo family includes the common cuckoo, roadrunners, koels
Cuckoo
Species of bird
The common hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx varius), popularly known as the brainfever bird, is a medium-sized cuckoo resident in the Indian subcontinent. It
Common_hawk-cuckoo
Species of bird
The yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) is a member of the cuckoo family. Common folk names for this bird in the southern United States are rain
Yellow-billed_cuckoo
Thrush native to Europe, western Asia and North Africa
occasionally a host to parasitic cuckoos, such as the common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), but this is rare because the common blackbird recognises the adult
Common_blackbird
Clock that strikes the hours with a sound like a common cuckoo's call
cuckoo clock is a type of clock, typically pendulum driven, that strikes the hours with a sound like a common cuckoo call and has an automated cuckoo
Cuckoo_clock
Behavior observed in some species of birds
repeatedly flicking it with its beak. In brood-parasitic birds, such as the common cuckoo, the chick will push host eggs out using its back. During co-nesting
Egg_tossing_(behavior)
chiffchaff Common chlorospingus Common crane Common cuckoo Common diving petrel Common eider Common emerald dove Common firecrest Common flameback Common gallinule
List_of_birds_by_common_name
Species of cuckoo
is from Ancient Greek. The genus name, kokkuzo, means to call like a common cuckoo, and erythropthalmus is from eruthros, "red" and ophthalmos, "eye".
Black-billed_cuckoo
Species of bird
phoenicurus. Common Redstarts are sometimes parasitised by common cuckoos. Surprisingly, redstart chicks did not suffer from sharing the nest with a cuckoo chick
Common_redstart
Species of bird
The common squirrel cuckoo (Piaya cayana) is a large and active species of cuckoo found in wooded habitats from northwestern Mexico to northern Argentina
Common_squirrel_cuckoo
Animal reliance on other individuals to raise its young
(1995). "Egg-morphs and host preference in the common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus): An analysis of cuckoo and host eggs from European museum collections"
Brood_parasitism
Species of bird
Malaysian hawk-cuckoo (H. fugax), Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (H. nisicolor) and rufous hawk-cuckoo or northern hawk-cuckoo (H. hyperythrus). The common name commemorates
Hodgson's_hawk-cuckoo
Species of bird
The great spotted cuckoo (Clamator glandarius) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners, the anis
Great_spotted_cuckoo
Husband of an adulterous wife
from the cuckoo bird, alluding to its brood parasitism, or tendency to lay its eggs in the nests of other birds. The association is common in medieval
Cuckold
Genus of birds
for "cuckoo". The type species is the common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus). The genus contains 11 species: Some sources also include the pallid cuckoo in this
Cuculus
Species of bird
pairs raise a second brood. The common reed warbler is one of the species that are brood parasitised by the common cuckoo. Placement of nest View of nest
Common_reed_warbler
Small migratory passerine bird
various fleas, mites and internal parasites, and it is a host of the common cuckoo, a brood parasite. The large and fairly stable numbers and huge range
Garden_warbler
Genus of birds
is a genus of cuckoos which occur in the Americas. The genus name is from Ancient Greek kokkuzo, which means to call like a common cuckoo. The genus includes
Coccyzus
Species of bee
Bombus campestris is a very common cuckoo bumblebee found in most of Europe. The bumblebee is of medium length, the queen having an average length of
Bombus_campestris
Species of bird
The African cuckoo or African grey cuckoo (Cuculus gularis) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa where it
African_cuckoo
Species of bird
The Himalayan cuckoo or Oriental cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus) is a brooding parasitic bird that is part of the Cuculidae family. The species breeds from
Himalayan_cuckoo
Species of bird
The Oriental cuckoo or Horsfield's cuckoo (Cuculus optatus) is a bird belonging to the genus Cuculus in the cuckoo family Cuculidae. It was formerly classified
Oriental_cuckoo
Metaphor for brood parasitism
The term cuckoo's egg is a metaphor for brood parasitism, where a parasitic bird deposits its egg into a host's nest, which then incubates and feeds the
Cuckoo's_egg_(metaphor)
Species of bird
African cuckoo-hawk, or African baza (Aviceda cuculoides), is a medium-sized raptor in the family Accipitridae so named because it resembles the common cuckoo
African_cuckoo-hawk
Species of bird
the case for the closely related brambling, the common chaffinch is not parasitised by the common cuckoo. The protozoal parasite Trichomonas gallinae was
Eurasian_chaffinch
Species of bird
occasionally a host of parasitic cuckoos, such as the common cuckoo, but this is very rare because the thrush recognizes the cuckoo's non-mimetic eggs. However
Song_thrush
Kleptoparasitic bee lineages
The term cuckoo bee is used for a variety of different bee lineages which have evolved the kleptoparasitic behaviour of laying their eggs in the nests
Cuckoo_bee
Helena cuckoo, are included. This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and
List_of_cuckoos
Host-specific lineage of a brood parasite species
hosts. Brood parasitism is particularly well-known in birds such as the common cuckoo, which lays its eggs in the nests of other birds and exploits the parental
Gens_(behaviour)
Bird in the Old World warbler family from Eurasia and Africa
Blackcaps are occasionally hosts of the common cuckoo, a brood parasite. The level of parasitism is low because the cuckoo's eggs are often rejected. Blackcaps
Eurasian_blackcap
Comedy duo soundtrack releases
full orchestra in 1935. The cu-coo motif is based on the call of the common cuckoo. A number of their songs are accompanied with a dance routine, the most
Laurel_and_Hardy_music
Species of bird
region. Coccidia such as Isospora sp. are known in this species. The common cuckoo is sometimes a brood parasite of this species, and kestrels may sometimes
Grey_wagtail
Species of bird
Teutonic mythology. In some areas of England, it was believed that the common cuckoo turned into a Eurasian sparrowhawk in winter. The surname Spearhafoc
Eurasian_sparrowhawk
Species of bird
week after fledging. Though it is known to be a host species for the common cuckoo, the white wagtail typically deserts its nest if it has been parasitised
White_wagtail
spotted cuckoo, Clamator glandarius (A) Yellow-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus (A) Black-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus (A) Common cuckoo, Cuculus
List_of_birds_of_the_Azores
long tails and strong legs. The Old World cuckoos are brood parasites. Common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus Order: Caprimulgiformes Family: Caprimulgidae Nightjars
List of birds of the Czech Republic
List_of_birds_of_the_Czech_Republic
Species of bird
to be parasitized are also more likely to be preyed upon. Unlike the common cuckoo, the brown-headed cowbird is not divided into gentes whose eggs imitate
Brown-headed_cowbird
americano – A Black-billed cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Cuculo occhirossi – B Common cuckoo Cuculus canorus Cuculo – A Common cuckoo, Aosta Valley Order:
List_of_birds_of_Italy
Species of bird
in the nests of estrildid finches, especially waxbills. Unlike the common cuckoo, it does not destroy the host's eggs. Typically, 2–4 eggs are added
Pin-tailed_whydah
1982 book by Richard Dawkins
host. A common example is the manipulation of host behaviour by cuckoo chicks, which elicit intensive feeding by the host birds. Here the cuckoo does not
The_Extended_Phenotype
Creature in Japanese folklore
off. In the skies above the imperial court, two or three cries of the common cuckoo could be heard, and it is thus said that peace had returned. After this
Nue
Small passerine bird that breeds in western Europe
infested by parasites such as fleas, or act as an involuntary host to the common cuckoo, but overall its population is large and stable, and it is therefore
European_rock_pipit
Device for drawing and blowing air
anesthesia machines. Cuckoo clocks use bellows to blow air through their gedackt (pipes) and imitate the call of the Common Cuckoo bird. Musical instruments
Bellows
Organic vessel in which an embryo first begins to develop
early ones as the female's pigment glands become depleted. Within the common cuckoo lineage, the color of individual eggs is genetically influenced, and
Egg
Family of insects
Commonly referred to as cuckoo wasps or emerald wasps, the hymenopteran family Chrysididae is a very large cosmopolitan group (over 3000 described species)
Cuckoo_wasp
Suborder of birds
the variety of many oscine songs. The monotonous repetition of the common cuckoo or little crake can be contrasted with the variety of a nightingale
Songbird
Species of passerine bird
infested by parasites such as fleas, or act as an involuntary host to the common cuckoo, but overall its population is large and stable, and it is therefore
Water_pipit
Species of bird
those of other species. The exception to this are the hosts of the common cuckoo, which have had to evolve this skill as a protection against that nest
Spotted_flycatcher
Species of fish
The cuckoo wrasse (Labrus mixtus) is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Norway to Senegal, including the Azores and Madeira
Cuckoo_wrasse
Eurasian bird
"Host alarm calls attract the unwanted attention of the brood parasitic common cuckoo". Scientific Reports. 9 (1): 18563. Bibcode:2019NatSR...918563M. doi:10
Great_reed_warbler
Genus of birds
koels, Eudynamys, are a genus of cuckoos from Asia, Australia and the Pacific. They are large sexually dimorphic cuckoos that eat fruits and insects and
Koel
0.91 Gb (black-chinned hummingbird, Archilochus alexandri) and 1.3 Gb (common ostrich, Struthio camelus). Avian genomes reflect the action of natural
Genomic_evolution_of_birds
Very small passerine bird from Europe and northwest Africa
unknown as a host of the common cuckoo, a widespread European brood parasite. The invasive Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) is common in the Mediterranean
Common_firecrest
Species of bird
bronze cuckoo can be distinguished from other bronze cuckoos by its white eyebrow and brown eye stripe. The Horsfield's bronze cuckoo is common throughout
Horsfield's_bronze_cuckoo
British businessman, ornithologist and oologist (1881-1955)
for his pioneering studies on the parasitic breeding behaviour of the common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus). Chance was born at Edgbaston, in the city of Birmingham
Edgar_Chance
Traditional English folk song
"The Cuckoo" (Roud 413) is a traditional English folk song, also sung in the United States, Canada, Scotland and Ireland. The song is known by many names
The_Cuckoo_(song)
Warm-blooded animals with wings and feathers
ISBN 0-521-77191-9. Reich, Ronni (15 October 2010). "NJIT professor finds nothing cuckoo in serenading our feathered friends". Star Ledger. Retrieved 19 June 2011
Bird
Bird behaviour related to reproduction and early development
Brood parasitism involves laying eggs in another species' nest. The common cuckoo is a well-known brood parasite. Parasites must time their egg-laying
Breeding_behaviour_of_birds
Perching birds of the order Passeriformes
cuckoos, which match the passerine host's egg. The vinous-throated parrotbill has two egg colors, white and blue, to deter the brood parasitic common
Passerine
Species of bird
Siberian jay (Perisoreus infaustus). The nest are often parasitized by the common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus). Bramblings mostly eat seeds in winter, but insects
Brambling
City in Hokkaido, Japan
Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido 060-8611 Climate Dfa Website www.city.sapporo.jp/city/english Symbols Bird Common cuckoo Flower Lily of the valley Tree Lilac
Sapporo
Group of birds
placed in competition with the eggs of the common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus). Typically, the female cuckoo lays its eggs in the nest of the parrotbill
Parrotbill
Form of crime
and then regained wider use from 2010. In the 2010s, cuckooing was becoming an increasingly common problem in the South of England. In 2023, Labour MP
Cuckooing
1966 studio album by Simon & Garfunkel
resemblance to a traditional English rhyme, "Cuckoo, cuckoo, what do you do?", a phenology of the common cuckoo from April through September. Charlesworth
Sounds_of_Silence
Species of bird
sub-Saharan Africa. There are two subspecies. This cuckoo has a very wide range and is quite common so it is classified as a least-concern species by the
Black_cuckoo
Capital city of China
including the common crane, black-headed gull, swan, mallard, common cuckoo, and the endangered yellow-breasted bunting. In May 2016, Common cuckoos nesting
Beijing
population estimates includes estimates for Northern New Zealand dotterel, common white tern, and little white tern, which are considered full species by
List_of_birds_by_population
Data structure hashing scheme
Cuckoo hashing is a scheme in computer programming for resolving hash collisions of values of hash functions in a table, with worst-case constant lookup
Cuckoo_hashing
(U) Ash-colored cuckoo, Coccycua cinerea (Vieillot, 1817) Common squirrel cuckoo, Piaya cayana (Linnaeus, 1766) Black-bellied cuckoo, Piaya melanogaster
List_of_birds_of_Brazil
Species of bird
bronze cuckoo (Chalcites minutillus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It was formerly placed in the genus Chrysococcyx. It is a common brood
Little_bronze_cuckoo
brood parasites. Yellow-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus Black-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus Common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus (R) Order:
List_of_birds_of_New_England
Country in West Asia
jay, lappet-faced vulture, barbary falcon, hoopoe, pharaoh eagle-owl, common cuckoo, Tristram's starling, Palestine sunbird, Sinai rosefinch, lesser kestrel
Jordan
cattle Black grouse Black-throated diver Common buzzard Western capercaillie Common gull Common sandpiper Common cuckoo Eurasian curlew White-throated dipper
List of fauna of the Scottish Highlands
List_of_fauna_of_the_Scottish_Highlands
Species of bee
Bombus bohemicus, also known as the gypsy's cuckoo bumblebee, is a species of socially parasitic cuckoo bumblebee found in most of Europe with the exception
Bombus_bohemicus
Species of bird
compete successfully with the cuckoo for food. The chestnut-winged cuckoo, Clamator coromandus, and, very rarely, the common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus have also
Orange-headed_thrush
recorded in New York. Common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus (accidental) Yellow-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus (B) Black-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus
List of birds of New York (state)
List_of_birds_of_New_York_(state)
Passerine bird in the bunting family that is native to Eurasia
spotted eagle, and Eurasian hobby. It is not a significant host of the common cuckoo, a brood parasite, although as a ground-nesting bird, its eggs and chicks
Yellowhammer
Facial structure found in birds and various other animal clades
of the common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) did not induce extra feeding in host parents. Some brood parasites, such as the Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (C. fugax)
Beak
Forest in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
brown-headed and Siberian thrushes, Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo, Japanese grosbeak, lesser and common cuckoos, black-faced bunting and the oriental turtle dove
Aokigahara
Parenting not done by the birth parents
behaviour. Though such parasitic relationships, such as what occurs with cuckoo chicks, were not specifically addressed by Edward O. Wilson in his original
Alloparenting
Species of bird
The Indian cuckoo or short-winged cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, that is found in the Indian
Indian_cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmus Gray-capped cuckoo, Coccyzus lansbergi (E-SA) Common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus (V) Order: Steatornithiformes Family: Steatornithidae
List of birds of South America
List_of_birds_of_South_America
English physician (1749–1823)
among the first modern scholars to describe the brood parasitism of the cuckoo (Aristotle also noted this behaviour in his History of Animals). In 2002
Edward_Jenner
Species of bird
The Jacobin cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus), also pied cuckoo or pied crested cuckoo, is a member of the cuckoo order of birds that is found in Africa and
Jacobin_cuckoo
Species of bird
years, or unrelated non-breeding "floaters" or breeding neighbours. Common cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) have been noted as regular brood parasites of L. e
Great_grey_shrike
Index of plants with the same common name
Cuckoo pint refers to more than one species of the genus Arum: Arum italicum ("Italian lords-and-ladies"), ssp. neglectum a.k.a. late cuckoo pint Arum
Cuckoo_pint
Former municipality in Tōhoku, Japan
959 • Density 27.6/km2 (71/sq mi) Time zone UTC+09:00 (JST) Symbols Bird Common cuckoo Flower Platycodon grandiflorus Tree Cercidiphyllum japonicum
Jōbōji,_Iwate
Cuculidae includes cuckoos, roadrunners, and anis. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails, and strong legs. Common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus
List_of_birds_of_Hawaii
Species of bird
which lays its eggs in the nests of red-billed firefinches. Unlike the common cuckoo, it does not destroy the host's egg. Typically, 2-4 eggs are added to
Village_indigobird
– channel-billed cuckoo Genus Surniculus – drongo-cuckoos Genus Tapera – striped cuckoo Genus Urodynamis – Pacific long-tailed cuckoo Sunbitterns and kagu
List_of_bird_genera
Standing stones and glacial erratics in Scotland
a common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), but also a stupid person or fool. The word, from Middle English goke, was borrowed from Old Norse gaukr 'cuckoo'. The
Gowk_stane
Hamlet in Worcestershire
Pound Green Common is an area of common land, west of the village which was the location of Edgar Chance's studies of the common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Pound_Green
Norwegian evolutionary biologist
(1995). "Egg-Morphs and Host Preference in the Common Cuckoo (Cuculus-Canorus) – an Analysis of Cuckoo and Host Eggs from European Museum Collections"
Eivin_Røskaft
Genus of bees
Coelioxys, common name leaf-cutting cuckoo bees or sharp-tailed bees, is a genus of solitary kleptoparasitic cuckoo bees belonging to the family Megachilidae
Coelioxys
12th-century Japanese poet and military commander
off. In the skies above the imperial court, two or three cries of the common cuckoo could be heard, and it is thus said that peace had returned. After this
Minamoto_no_Yorimasa
Species of bird
The diederik cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius), formerly dideric cuckoo or didric cuckoo, is a member of the cuckoo family of birds, Cuculidae, which also
Diederik_cuckoo
Species of bird from the Lesser Sunda Islands
The black cuckoo-dove or black dove (Turacoena modesta), also known as the slaty cuckoo dove, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic
Black_cuckoo-dove
Symphonic poem by Frederick Delius
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring is a tone poem composed in 1912 by Frederick Delius. Together with Summer Night on the River it is one of Delius's
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
On_Hearing_the_First_Cuckoo_in_Spring
Species of bird
The lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is native to East Asia and the Himalayas; it winters to East
Lesser_cuckoo
COMMON CUCKOO
COMMON CUCKOO
Male
English
English masculine variant spelling of Scottish Cameron, CAMRON means "crooked nose."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the numerous places throughout England (but especially in the south) named Compton, from Old English cumb ‘short, straight valley’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Male
English
English form of Irish Colmán, COLMAN means "dove."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of numerous places named from Old English cotum (dative plural of cot) ‘at the cottages or huts’ (or sometimes possibly from a Middle English plural, coten). Examples include Coton (Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Staffordshire), Cottam (East Yorkshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire), and Cotham (Nottinghamshire).French : from a diminutive of Old French cot(t)e ‘coat (of mail)’ (see Cott).John Cotton (1584–1652) was a noted Puritan preacher, who landed at Boston, MA, from London in 1633 and became leader of the Congregationalists in America.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : habitational name from any of various places called Colton in England, perhaps also Colton House in Scotland. Examples in Norfolk, Staffordshire, and North Yorkshire are from the Old English personal name Cola (or the cognate Old Norse Koli; see Cole 2) + Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. The place so named in Somerset has as its first element the Old English personal name Cūla (of uncertain origin). The one in Cumbria has a river name apparently derived from a Celtic word meaning ‘hazel’.
Surname or Lastname
English (also common in South Wales)
English (also common in South Wales) : patronymic from the personal name Edmund (see Edmond).
Male
English
 Anglicized form of Hebrew Rimmown, RIMMON means "pomegranate." In the bible, this is the name of several places, the name of a Benjamite of Beeroth.Â
Male
Romanian
Romanian form of Greek Kosmos, COSMIN means "order, beauty."
Surname or Lastname
English (common in Bristol)
English (common in Bristol) : variant of Gingold, of which the origin is unexplained.Respelling of German Gingel, a common Bavarian surname, derived from a short form of the Germanic personal name Gangulf, composed of the elements gangan ‘to walk or go’ + (w)ulf ‘wolf’.
Surname or Lastname
Swedish (common in Finland)
Swedish (common in Finland) : ornamental name formed with the common surname suffix -in and an unexplained first element.German : unexplained.English : unexplained.Spanish (FarÃn) : unexplained.
Male
Irish
Contracted form of Irish Gaelic Comhghán, COMGAN means "born together."
Surname or Lastname
English (formerly common in Kent)
English (formerly common in Kent) : unexplained. This name seems to have died out in Britain.
Surname or Lastname
French, English, and Spanish (Cordón)
French, English, and Spanish (Cordón) : from Old French cordon ‘cord’, ‘ribbon’, a diminutive of corde ‘string’, ‘cord’; Spanish cordón, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of cord or ribbon.English : metonymic occupational name for a worker in fine Spanish kid leather, from Old French cordoan (so named with being originally produced at Córdoba).
Male
English
 Anglicized form of Hebrew Ammown, AMMON means "kindred, tribal." In the bible, this is the name of a son of Lot by his younger daughter. Compare with another form of Ammon.
Male
Irish
Irish name COMYN means "shrewd."
Surname or Lastname
English (common in Lancashire)
English (common in Lancashire) : habitational name from Sharples Hall near Bolton, probably so called from Old English scearp ‘sharp’, i.e. ‘steep’ + lǣs ‘pasture’.
Boy/Male
Australian, Biblical, Latin, Shakespearean
Common
Surname or Lastname
Scottish and northern Irish
Scottish and northern Irish : variant of Curzon.English (of Norman origin) : nickname from Old French corson, a diminutive of curt ‘short’ (see Court).
Male
Greek
(Ἄμμων) Greek form of Egyptian Yamanu, AMMON means "the hidden one." In mythology, Yamanu is the name of a god of wind and air. Compare with another form of Ammon.
Biblical
common
COMMON CUCKOO
COMMON CUCKOO
Girl/Female
Hindu
Silk
Male
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Fiontan, FINTAN means "white fire."
Boy/Male
Hebrew, Hindu, Indian
The Best; The Great
Boy/Male
Tamil
Coral, Strong, Powerful
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Goddess of Mercy
Boy/Male
English American
From the flax enclosure.
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Victory of Beauty
Girl/Female
Hindu
Happy girl
Girl/Female
Hindu
Day of the full Moon
Boy/Male
Indian, Sindhi
Gentleman
COMMON CUCKOO
COMMON CUCKOO
COMMON CUCKOO
COMMON CUCKOO
COMMON CUCKOO
a.
Alt. of Compone
v. i.
To board together; to eat at a table in common.
n.
A member of the House of Commons.
v. t.
To give notice to, or command to appear, as in court; to cite by authority; as, to summon witnesses.
n. pl.
The mass of the people, as distinguished from the titled classes or nobility; the commonalty; the common people.
n. pl.
A common; public pasture ground.
a.
See Compony.
n. pl.
Provisions; food; fare, -- as that provided at a common table in colleges and universities.
n.
One who has a joint right in common ground.
v.
Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.
n.
The commonalty; the common people.
n.
A common; a piece of land in which two or more persons have a common right.
n.
One of the common people; one having no rank of nobility.
a.
Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage.
v.
Belonging to or shared by, affecting or serving, all the members of a class, considered together; general; public; as, properties common to all plants; the common schools; the Book of Common Prayer.
v. i.
To have a joint right with others in common ground.
adv.
In common; familiarly.
n.
The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; -- so called from the community of interest which arises between the claimant of the right and the owner of the soil, or between the claimants and other commoners entitled to the same right.
n. pl.
A club or association for boarding at a common table, as in a college, the members sharing the expenses equally; as, to board in commons.