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toucan

UK/ˈtuːkən/US/ˈtuːˌkæn/
nounB1+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,296 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: toucans

A toucan is a tropical bird with a huge brightly coloured beak. A toucan in the canopy, the toucan's beak, spot a toucan.

The beak is almost weightless, being a honeycomb of bone under a thin shell, and it works as a radiator that dumps heat as well as reaching fruit. The name comes from a Tupi word in Brazil.

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Definitions of toucan

  1. 1nountoucanA tropical bird with a huge brightly coloured beak.B1+

    “A toucan sat in the rainforest canopy, its huge orange beak bright in the sun.”

toucan is a bird.

Where it comes from

  1. French

    toucan

  2. English, today

    toucan

Borrowed from French toucan.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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toucan in the wild

  • Toucan Sam is the cartoon toucan mascot for Froot Loops breakfast cereal.

    Toucan Sam

  • The toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) is a species of bird in the toucan family Ramphastidae.

    Toco toucan

  • Unlike other toucans, which inhabit continuous forests, toco toucans inhabit a variety of semi-open habitats at altitudes of up to 1,750 m.

    Toco toucan

  • The yellow-throated toucan (Ramphastos ambiguus) is a Least Concern species of bird in the family Ramphastidae, the toucans, toucanets, and aracaris.

    Yellow-throated toucan

  • The Choco toucan (Ramphastos brevis) is a near-passerine bird in the family Ramphastidae, the toucans, toucanets, and aracaris.

    Choco toucan

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.