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Перевод: cuckoo
[прилагательное] не в своем уме; чокнутый; [существительное] кукушка ; кукование; глупец ; разиня ; [глагол] куковать
Тезаурус:
- CUCKOO LP. 86003
- 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,.
- Operation Cuckoo might already be a non-runner; diplomacy could break down suddenly, restoring the status quo.
- Cuckoo adaptations to manipulate the behaviour of foster-parents can be looked upon as extended phenotypic action at a distance by cuckoo genes.
- 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").
- "Cuckoo.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Some, such as froghoppers ("cuckoo spit") and flea beetles, cause little more than cosmetic damage and will be tolerated by healthy plants.
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