toucan

From French toucan or Portuguese/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;

• toucan crossing

• hornbill
• Tucana

• Tucano, co-aunt, uncoat

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

• IPA^(key): /tu.kɑ̃/

toucan m (plural toucans)

1. toucan

• “toucan” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).