அன்னியபுட்டம்

anniyaputtam

குயில் .

தமிழ் - தமிழ் அகரமுதலி

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(W.) Kuyil, the Indian cuckoo, so called because it is reared by another, viz., the crow. See குயில்.

Tamil Lexicon

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, ''s.'' The cooil bird, or Indian cuckoo, குயில்; [''ex'' புஷ்ட, nour ished.] Wils. p. 4. ANYAPUSHTA. The crow is supposed to sit upon the eggs of the குயில்.

Miron Winslow

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aṉṉiya-puṭṭam
n. anya-puṣṭa.
Kuyil, the Indian cuckoo, so called because it is reared by another, viz., the crow. See குயில்.
(W.)

DSAL

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