TOUCAN

toucan

(noun) brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

toucan (plural toucans)

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

Anagrams

• Tucano, co-aunt, uncoat

Source: Wiktionary


Tou"can, n. Etym: [F., fr. Pg. tucano; from Brazilian name. ]

1. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any one of numerous species of fruit-eating birds of tropical America belonging to Ramphastos, Pteroglossus, and allied genera of the family Ramphastidæ. They have a very large, but light and thin, beak, often nearly as long as the body itself. Most of the species are brilliantly colored with red, yellow, white, and black in striking contrast.

2. (Astronom.)

Definition: A modern constellation of the southern hemisphere.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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