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toucan

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English

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A toucan

Etymology

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    Borrowed from French toucan, borrowed from Old Tupi tukana, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tũkãn, from Proto-Tupian *jɨokãn.

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    toucan (plural toucans)

    1. Any of various neotropical frugivorous birds from the family Ramphastidae, with a large colorful beak.
      • 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, ch 2:
        The 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;

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    French

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    un toucan

    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Old Tupi tukana.

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      Noun

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      toucan m (plural toucans)

      1. toucan

      Descendants

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      • English: toucan
      • Finnish: tukaani

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