toucan

English - Turkish

Definition of toucan in English Turkish dictionary

tukan

Tukanların büyük, renkli gagaları vardır. - Toucans have large, colorful beaks.

Tukanlar tropik kuşlardır. - Toucans are tropical birds.

(Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) Tukan, Güney Amerika yağmur ormanlarında yaşayan kuş türü

Rham phastidae

(isim) tukan

i., zool. tukan

Related Terms

tocu toucan

(Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) Tukan, Güney Amerika yağmur ormanlarında yaşayan kuş türü

English - English

Definition of toucan in English English dictionary

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;.

{i} tropical fruit-eating bird with brightly colored plumage

Any one of numerous species of fruit-eating birds of tropical America belonging to Ramphastos, Pteroglossus, and allied genera of the family Ramphastidæ

A modern constellation of the southern hemisphere

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

They have a very large, but light and thin, beak, often nearly as long as the body itself

A toucan is a South American bird with a large brightly-coloured beak. Any of about 40 species (family Ramphastidae) of large-billed, long-tailed Central and South American birds. Many species are black with a bold breast colour; their thick, saw-edged bills are brightly and distinctively coloured. Bands of toucans emit loud barks, bugling calls, and harsh croaks. They eat fruit, insects, lizards, and nestling birds. Toucans deposit two to four eggs in an unlined natural tree cavity or an abandoned woodpecker hole. Ramphastos species are up to 24 in. (60 cm) long, a third of which may be the bill. Smaller species (toucanets) are 10-14 in. (25-35 cm) long

Most of the species are brilliantly colored with red, yellow, white, and black in striking contrast

Related Terms

toucan crossing

A pedestrian crossing equipped with traffic lights operated by the pedestrians, same as pelican crossing

toucan crossings

plural form of toucan crossing

toucans

plural of toucan

toucans

ramphastidae

Hyphenation

tou·can

Etymology

[ 'tü-"kan, -"kän, t&u ] (noun.) 1568. From a Tupi-Guaraní word.