About The Word Toucan
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Toucan
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What's The Definition Of Toucan?
[n] brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak
Synonyms | Synonyms for Toucan: Related Terms | Find terms related to Toucan: See Also | family Ramphastidae | piciform bird | Ramphastidae | toucanet Toucan In Webster's Dictionary \Tou"can\, n. [F., fr. Pg. tucano; from Brazilian name. ]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of fruit-eating
birds of tropical America belonging to {Ramphastos},
{Pteroglossus}, and allied genera of the family
{Ramphastid[ae]}. 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.) A modern constellation of the southern
hemisphere.
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