Toucan

//ˈtuːkən// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various neotropical frugivorous birds from the family Ramphastidae, with a large colorful beak.

    "The ear, small and shapely, the arch of the foot, the curve in mouth and nostril, even the indurated hand dyed to the orange-tawny of the toucan's bill, a hand telling alike of the halyards and tar-bucket;"

  2. 2
    brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak wordnet

Synonyms

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magpie

Example

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"What's the difference between a toucan and a parrot?"

Etymology

Borrowed from French toucan, borrowed from Old Tupi tukana, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tũkãn, from Proto-Tupian *jɨokãn.

Related phrases

Ariel toucancitron-throated toucantoco toucantoucan barbettoucan crossing

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