touraco, turaco, turacou, turakoo
(noun) large brightly crested bird of Africa
Source: WordNet® 3.1
turaco (plural turacos or turacoes)
Any of the birds in the Musophagidae family with vivid colouring and prominent crest.
• (bird of the family Musophagidae): lourie
• (bird of the family Musophagidae): go-away bird
• actour, cuatro, curato
Source: Wiktionary
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
