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cuckold - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

Cowfish \Cow"fish`\ (kou"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.)
(a) The grampus.
(b) A California dolphin (Tursiops Gillii).
(c) A marine plectognath fish (Ostracoin quadricorne, and
allied species), having two projections, like horns, in
front; -- called also cuckold, coffer fish,
trunkfish.
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Cuckold \Cuck"old\ (k?k"?ld), n. [OE. kukeweld, cokewold,
cokold, fr. OF. coucoul, cucuault, the last syllable being
modified by the OE. suffix -wold (see Herald); cf. F. cocu
a cuckold, formerly also, a cuckoo, and L. cuculus a cuckoo.
The word alludes to the habit of the female cuckoo, who lays
her eggs in the nests of other birds, to be hatched by them.]
1. A man whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an
adulteress. --Shak.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) A West Indian plectognath fish (Ostracion triqueter
).
(b) The cowfish.
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Cuckold \Cuck"old\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cuckolded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Cuckolding.]
To make a cuckold of, as a husband, by seducing his wife, or
by her becoming an adulteress. --Shak.
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cuckold - WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) :

cuckold
n : a man whose wife committed adultery
v : be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She
cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
[syn: cheat on, cheat, betray, wander]

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