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toucan

/too-kan, -kahn, too-kahn/US // ˈtu kæn, -kɑn, tuˈkɑn //UK // (ˈtuːkən) //

巨嘴鸟,大嘴鸟,巨嘴猴,巨嘴鳥

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
    • : Astronomy. the constellation Tucana.

Examples

  • “One day I wore a multicolored dress and someone asked if I was trying to be Toucan Sam,” she said.

  • Its topmost branch, when naked with age or dried by accident, is the favourite resort of the toucan.

  • I believe the bird is a kind of toucan or hornbill, but the people here call it a crane.

  • At 301 our mess table, over the dishes of toucan and parrot supplied by the camp hunters, they rallied each other boisterously.

  • If the extraordinary form and size of the bill expose the toucan to ridicule, its colours make it amends.

  • Here, also, the forests are adorned with the gay plumage of the red and blue macaws, as also by a toucan with a yellow tail.