weathercock

n.

1. A weathervane, especially one in the form of a rooster.
2. One that is very changeable or fickle.

intr.v., -cocked, -cock·ing, -cocks.
To have a tendency to veer in the direction of the wind. Used of an aircraft or a missile.

A Weathervane in the shape of a rooster.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: weathervane with a vane in the form of a rooster

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - vejrhane
v. intr. - vende efter vinden

Nederlands (Dutch)
windhaan

Français (French)
n. - girouette
v. intr. - tourner dans le sens du vent (avion)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Wetterhahn
v. - sich in den Wind drehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανεμοδείκτης, ανεμοδούρα, (για πρόσωπα) ανεμοδούρας, ανεμόμυλος
v. - παίρνω την κατεύθυνση του ανέμου

Italiano (Italian)
banderuola

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cata-vento (m), vira-casaca (m)
v. - tender a mudar e ficar na direção do vento

Русский (Russian)
флюгер, метеоролог, неустойчивый, беспринципный, устанавливать флюгер, служить флюгером, вести себя подобно флюгеру

Español (Spanish)
n. - veleta, persona cambiadiza
v. intr. - doblar por el barlovento (aeronave)

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vindflöjel, kyrktupp
v. - vända kappan efter winden

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
风标, 随风倒的人, 随风转, 起风标作用, 迎风而驶

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 風標, 隨風倒的人
v. intr. - 隨風轉, 起風標作用, 迎風而駛

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 바람개비, 풍향계, 변덕쟁이
v. intr. - 바람의 방향으로 돌다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 風見鶏, 移り気な人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ديك الريح أي أداة على شكل الديك لإظهار اتجاه الريح, شخص أو شي يتقلب كثير أو بسرعه (فعل) يتقلب كثيرا أو بسرعه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שבשבת, נס-הרוח, אדם הפכפך בדיעותיו‬
v. intr. - ‮שבשבת, נס-הרוח, הפכפך‬

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