tucan
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Native to Mexico, from Nahuatl tuçan, togan.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation, older US) IPA(key): /ˈtuːkən/
Noun
[edit]tucan (plural tucans)
- (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 […]
References
[edit]- “tucan”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “tucan”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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[edit]tucan m (plural tucani)
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