Koel

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Koel \Ko"el\, n. [Native name in India.] (Zool.)
     Any one of several species of cuckoos of the genus
     {Eudynamys}, found in India, the East Indies, and Australia.
     They deposit their eggs in the nests of other birds.
     [1913 Webster]