Toucan Definition

to͝okăn, -kän, to͝o-kăn, -kän
toucans
noun
Any of a family (Ramphastidae) of brightly colored, fruit-eating piciform birds of tropical America, distinguished by a very large beak.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Toucan

Noun

Singular:
toucan
Plural:
toucans

Origin of Toucan

  • From French toucan or Spanish tucán, from Tupian tuka, tukan, tukana, which probably originated as an imitation of its cry.

    From Wiktionary

  • French from Portuguese tucano or Spanish tucán both from Tupí tucano type of bird

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to toucan using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

Words Ending With

Unscrambles

toucan