toucan
nounUK /ˈtuːkən/ · US /ˈtuːˌkæn/
Etymology Borrowed from French toucan, borrowed from Old Tupi tukana, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tũkãn, from Proto-Tupian *jɨokãn.
1
Any of various neotropical frugivorous birds from the family Ramphastidae, with a large colorful beak.
- 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;1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, ch 2:
- Derived terms
- Ariel toucan, citron-throated toucan, toco toucan, toucan barbet, toucan crossing, toucanless, toucanlike