toucan

[ too-kan, -kahn, too-kahn ]
/ ˈtu kæn, -kɑn, tuˈkɑn /

noun

any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
(initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Tucana.

Origin of toucan

1550–60; < French < Portuguese tucano < Tupi tucan (imitative of its cry)

Words nearby toucan

tottering, tottery, tottie, totting, totty, toucan, toucanet, touch, touch and go, touch base with, touch bottom

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British Dictionary definitions for toucan

toucan
/ (ˈtuːkən) /

noun

any tropical American arboreal fruit-eating bird of the family Ramphastidae, having a large brightly coloured bill with serrated edges and a bright plumage

Word Origin for toucan

C16: from French, from Portuguese tucano, from Tupi tucana, probably imitative of its cry