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toucan

tou·can

UK/ˈtuːkən/ US/ˈtuːˌkæn/ uncommon

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brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak

Origin

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

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