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tou·can

 (to͞o′kăn′, -kän′, to͞o-kăn′, -kän′)
n.
Any of various South and Central American birds of the family Ramphastidae, having a very large bill and often brightly colored plumage, and feeding mainly on small fruits.

[French, from Portuguese tucano or Spanish tucán, both from Tupí tucano, type of bird.]
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toucan

(ˈtuːkən)
n
(Animals) any tropical American arboreal fruit-eating bird of the family Ramphastidae, having a large brightly coloured bill with serrated edges and a bright plumage
[C16: from French, from Portuguese tucano, from Tupi tucana, probably imitative of its cry]
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tou•can

(ˈtu kæn, -kɑn, tuˈkɑn)

n.
any of several brightly colored, large billed, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of the New World tropics.
[1550–60; < French < Portuguese tucano < Tupi tucan]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.toucan - brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beaktoucan - brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak
piciform bird - any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood
toucanet - small toucan
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Translations
tukaani
tukan

toucan

[ˈtuːkən] Ntucán m
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toucan

[ˈtuːkən] ntoucan m
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toucan

nTukan m, → Pfefferfresser m
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toucan

[ˈtuːkən] ntucano
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References in classic literature ?
Henpecked?-- well, toucans and flamingoes and pelicans all had their bills in him.
Our day's sport, besides the monkey, was confined to sundry small green parrots and a few toucans. I profited, however, by my acquaintance with the Portuguese padre, for on another occasion he gave me a fine specimen of the Yagouaroundi cat.
Diamond drilling of up to 2,500 metres at the newly discovered Toucan Ridge zone and other targeted areas that have been identified by geophysics, trenching and outcrops
Abstract: A female Swainson's toucan (Ramphastos ambiguus swainsonii) was presented for examination with a 2-year history of mucoid nasal discharge and abnormal growth of the rhamphotheca.
Warwickshire County Council has been told it will need to put a toucan crossing on Eastboro Way, Nuneaton, prior to a new homes being built Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council gave the county council the green light to build up to 360 homes on the land behind the crematorium.
Philippa quit her job as a teacher to set up Toucan Education and now supports children, as well as their schools and families, in managing dyslexia at school and at home.
Philippa quit her job as a teacher to set up Toucan Education, and now supports children, as well as their schools and families, in managing dyslexia at school and at home.
An egg of the rare toucan bird hatched for the first time in Bulgaria.
Rosie has three bird friends (actually stuffed toys) named Toucan, parrot, and Hornbill.
After a terrible injury, a toucan named Grecia has a new beak.
THE Welsh Government's new plan to install Toucan pedestrian/cyclist light controlled road crossings close to the roundabout, seems like something scrawled in desperation on the back of an envelope just before going home time on a Friday afternoon.