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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