coua (koa)

[F., from the native S. Amer. name.] 1. An American cuckoo of the genus Coccyzus or subfamily Coccyzina.-2. [cap.] [NL.] A genus of Mad a gas can cuckoos, typical of the subfamily Couinæ. IMG:content-1419.png:[blocks in formation] Madam, if he had couched with the lamb, He had no doubt been stirring with the lark. B. Jonson, Tale of a Tub, i. 4. When Love's fair godde Couched with her husband in his golden bed. Dryden. 3. To lie as in ambush; be hidden or concealed; lie close; crouch.