Strong's Hebrew #7828 - שַׁחַף shachaph (a sea mew)

cuckoo

From an unused root meaning to peel, i.e. Emaciate; the gull (as thin) -- cuckoo.

1) a ceremonially unclean bird
1a) cuckow, gull, seagull, sea-mew
1b) maybe an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from an unused root meaning to peel, i.e. emaciate
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2365a

[שַׁ֫חַף] noun [masculine] probably sea-mew, gull (compare ᵐ5 ᵑ9) (from attenuated body, Thes); so Post^{Hast. DB CUCKOW} Tristr^{NHB 210 ff}; sterna fluviatilis, or tern Id^{FFP 135} M'Lean-Shipley^{Ency. Bib. ID}.; — הַשָּׁ֑חַף Deuteronomy 14:15 = Leviticus 11:16 (P), in list of unclean birds.

Strong's Hebrew: 7828. שָׁ֫חַף (shachaph) — 2 Occurrences

Leviticus 11:16
HEB: הַתַּחְמָ֖ס וְאֶת־ הַשָּׁ֑חַף וְאֶת־ הַנֵּ֖ץ
NAS: and the owl and the sea gull and the hawk
KJV: and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk
INT: and the ostrich and the owl and the sea and the hawk kind

Deuteronomy 14:15
HEB: הַתַּחְמָ֖ס וְאֶת־ הַשָּׁ֑חַף וְאֶת־ הַנֵּ֖ץ
NAS: the owl, the sea gull, and the hawk
KJV: and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk
INT: and the ostrich the owl the sea and the hawk their kinds