"cuckoo's egg" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: In reference to the habit of the cuckoo of depositing its egg into another bird's nest to be incubated and fed. Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} cuckoo's egg
  1. Anything harmful that is infiltrated into a place in order to develop and emerge there.
    Sense id: en-cuckoo's_egg-en-noun-asoQne~Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
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