toucan

A toucan

Meaning

Noun

Any of various neotropical frugivorous birds from the family Ramphastidae, with a large colorful beak.

Origin

From French toucan, itself from Portuguese tucano or Spanish tucán, from Tupi tuka, tukan, tukana, which probably originated as an imitation of its cry.

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