toucan

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtuːkən/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈtukæn, tuˈkɑn/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(to̅o̅′kan, -kän, to̅o̅ kän′)



WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
tou•can /ˈtukæn, tuˈkɑn/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Birdsa brightly colored, fruit-eating bird of the New World tropics, having a very large bill.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
tou•can  (to̅o̅′kan, -kän, to̅o̅ kän′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
  2. ([cap.]) [Astron.]the constellation Tucana.
  • Tupi tucan (imitative of its cry)
  • Portuguese tucano
  • French
  • 1550–60

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
toucan / ˈtuːkən/
  1. any tropical American arboreal fruit-eating bird of the family Ramphastidae, having a large brightly coloured bill with serrated edges and a bright plumage
Etymology: 16th Century: from French, from Portuguese tucano, from Tupi tucana, probably imitative of its cry
'toucan' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Tucana - toucanet

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