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cuckoo, cuckow

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(crower). A mistranslation; and perhaps the storm-petrel is meant (Lev. 11:16¹⁶And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, (Leviticus 11:16); Deut. 14:15¹⁵And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, (Deuteronomy 14:15)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Only named in scripture as an unclean bird not to be eaten. Some have supposed that a marine bird is alluded to: the RV has “seamew.” There are however cuckoos in the land, and called also by that name, because of their cry (Lev. 11:16¹⁶And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, (Leviticus 11:16); Deut. 14:15¹⁵And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, (Deuteronomy 14:15)).

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Common Cuckoo – Cuculus Canorus

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

7828 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

shachaph

Phonic:

shakh’-af

Meaning:

from an unused root meaning to peel, i.e. emaciate; the gull (as thin)

KJV Usage:

cuckoo