the Indian cuckoo. Two kinds mentioned at Vv-a.57: kāḷa˚; and phussa˚ black and speckled k. As citra˚; at Ja.v.416
■ Vv.11#1, Vv.58#8 ; Vv-a.132, Vv-a.163.

cp. Sk. koka a kind of goose, also cuckoo, with derivation kokila cuckoo; cp. Gr. κόκκυς, Lat. cuculus E. cuckoo