- toucan
- toucan bright-colored bird of S.America, 1560s, from Fr. toucan (1550s) and Sp. tucan; from Tupi (Brazil) tuka, tukana, probably imitative of its call.
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toucan — [ tukɑ̃ ] n. m. • 1557; mot tupi (Brésil) ♦ Oiseau frugivore (rhamphastidés) au plumage éclatant, à bec énorme, qui vit dans les régions montagneuses de l Amérique du Sud. ● toucan nom masculin (tupi tucano) Assez petit oiseau (rhamphastidé) des… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Toucan — Tou can (t[=oo] k[a^]n; 277), n. [F., fr. Pg. tucano; from Brazilian name. ] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of fruit eating birds of tropical America belonging to {Ramphastos}, {Pteroglossus}, and allied genera of the family… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
toucan — ► NOUN ▪ a tropical American fruit eating bird with a massive bill and brightly coloured plumage. ORIGIN Tupi … English terms dictionary
toucan — [to͞o′kan΄, to͞o′kän΄, to͞o′kən; to͞o kan′, to͞okän′] n. [Fr < Port tucano < Tupí tucana: echoic of its cry] any of a family (Ramphastidae) of brightly colored, fruit eating piciform birds of tropical America, distinguished by a very large… … English World dictionary
Toucan — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Toucan (homonymie). Nom vernaculaire ou nom normalisé ambigu : Le terme « Toucan » s applique en français à plusieurs taxons distincts … Wikipédia en Français
Toucan — Taxobox name = Toucan image caption = Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus) image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Piciformes familia = Ramphastidae familia authority = Vigors, 1825 subdivision ranks =… … Wikipedia
toucan — /tooh kan, kahn, tooh kahn /, 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. [1550 60; < F < Pg tucano … Universalium
toucan — (tou kan) s. m. 1° Gros et bel oiseau du Brésil, dont les couleurs sont d une variété admirable. Gorges de toucan. 2° Nom d une constellation de l hémisphère austral. HISTORIQUE XVIe s. • Il a veu aux terres neufves un oiseau que les… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
toucan — UK [ˈtuːkən] / US [ˈtuˌkæn] noun [countable] Word forms toucan : singular toucan plural toucans a large, brightly coloured bird with a large curved beak that lives in tropical America … English dictionary
toucan — tikrieji tukanai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Ramphastos angl. toucan vok. Tukan, m rus. тукан, m pranc. toucan, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – tukaniniai siauresnis terminas – arielis siauresnis terminas –… … Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas
