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toucan

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Keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus )

Etymology

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

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    Noun

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    toucan (plural toucans )

    A toco toucan in Sri Lanka
    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;

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    Ramphastid

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    French

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    un toucan

    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Old Tupi tukana .

      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      toucan m (plural toucans )

      1. toucan

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