tucan

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See also: tucán, túcán, and Tučan

English

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Etymology

Native to Mexico, from Nahuatl tuçan, togan.

Pronunciation

Noun

tucan (plural tucans)

  1. (rare, possibly obsolete) The hispid pocket gopher (Heterogeomys hispidus).
    • 1862, Sir John Richardson, The Museum of Natural History: Being a Popular Account of the Structure, Habits, and Classification of the Various Departments of the Animal Kingdom:
      THE TUCAN, OR MEXICAN GOPHER (G. mexicanus, (Licht.) Rich.) is a Mexican species, with the coloration much []
    • 1885, Frederick William True, A Provisional List of the Mammals of North and Central America, and the West Indian Islands:
      Geomys mexicanus, (Licht.) Baird. Tucan. Mexican Pocket-Gopher. Mexico. / Geomys hispidus, Le Conte. Quackil. Central American Pocket-Gopher  []

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Anagrams

Romanian

Un tucan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tucano.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuˈkan/
  • Hyphenation: tu‧can

Noun

tucan m (plural tucani)

  1. toucan

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative tucan tucanul tucani tucanii
genitive-dative tucan tucanului tucani tucanilor
vocative tucanule tucanilor