tuco-tuco
[ too-koh-too-koh ]
/ ˈtu koʊˈtu koʊ /
noun, plural tu·co-tu·cos.
any of several burrowing rodents of the genus Ctenomys, of South America, resembling the pocket gopher.
Origin of tuco-tuco
First recorded in 1825–35,
tuco-tuco is from the American Spanish word
tucotuco, imitative of its cry
Words nearby tuco-tuco
tucker,
tucker-bag,
tucker-box,
tuckered out,
tucket,
tuco-tuco,
tucotuco,
tucson,
tucumán,
tudjman,
tudor
Example sentences from the Web for tucotuco
He does not know that the eye of the Tucotuco was carefully dissected.
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British Dictionary definitions for tucotuco
tucotuco
tucutucu (ˌtuːkuːˈtuːkuː)
/ (ˌtuːkəʊˈtuːkəʊ) /
noun
any of various colonial burrowing South American hystricomorph rodents of the genus Ctenomys, having long-clawed feet and a stocky body: family Ctenomyidae
Word Origin for tucotuco
C19: of South American Indian origin