cuculus

Definition of the Latin term cuculus in music:

  1. cuckoo (bird)
  2. organ stop designed to imitate the call of the cuckoo bird using two pipes pitched a major or minor third apart and blown successively (equivalent to "Cuckoo" in English and "Kuckuck" in German)
Language
Latin
Singular
cuculus
Plural
cuculi

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