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Topic:
Cuckoo
With respect to the word "cuckoo…"
(Heb. shahaph), from a root meaning "to be lean; slender."
This bird is mentioned only in Lev. 11:16 and Deut. 14:15 (R.V., "seamew").
Some have interpreted the Hebrew word by "petrel" or
"shearwater" (Puffinus cinereus), which is found on the coast
of Syria; others think it denotes the "sea-gull" or "seamew."
The common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) feeds on reptiles and large insects.
It is found in Asia and Africa as well as in Europe. It only passes the
winter in Palestine. The Arabs suppose it to utter the cry Yakub , and
hence they call it tir el-Yakub ; i.e., "Jacob's bird."
Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible Dictionaries
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