Toucan
Pronunciation
- RP IPA: /ˈtuËkÉ™n/
- US IPA: /ˈtuËËŒkæn/
- Rhymes: -uËkÉ™n
Origin
From French toucan or Spanish tucán, from tuka, tukan, tukana, which probably originated as an imitation of its cry.
Full definition of toucan
Noun
toucan
(plural toucans)- Any of various neotropical frugivorous birds from the family Ramphastidae, with a large colorful beak.
- 1924 — Herman Melville, , ch 2The ear, small and shapely, the arch of the foot, the curve in mouth and nostril, even the indurated hand dyed to the orange-tawny of the toucan's bill, a hand telling alike of the halyards and tar-bucket;