toucan

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), itself from Portuguese tucano or Spanish tucán, from Tupian tuka, tukan, tukana, which probably originated as an imitation of its cry.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtuːkən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtuːˌkæn/

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• Rhymes: -uːkən

toucan (plural toucans)

1. Any of various neotropical frugivorous birds from the family Ramphastidae, with a large colorful beak.
   • 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, ch 2:

     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;

• hornbill
• toucanet
• Tucana

• Tucano, co-aunt, uncoat

From Tupian tuka, tukan, tukana, which probably originated as an imitation of its cry.

• IPA^(key): /tu.kɑ̃/

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toucan m (plural toucans)

1. Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• “toucan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.