GAUKRnafnorðkarlkynm. [A. S. geâc; Scot. gowk], a cuckoo, Edda 79, Gs. 7; hrossa-g., the horse cuckoo, a name given to the green sand-piper, because of its neighing cry.COMPDS: gaukmánuðr, gaukmessa, gaukþjór.