Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any of various neotropical frugivorous birds from the family Ramphastidae, with a large colorful beak.

    Tukan, Pfefferfresser, Pfeffervogel

    тука́нtukán

    туканtukan

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

Examples

5 sentences
  1. What's the difference between a toucan and a parrot?

    ruЧем тукан отличается от попугая?

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  2. Toucans regulate their body temperature by adjusting the flow of blood to their beak.

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  3. The dove of peace is white, the parrot is green, and the toucan's beak is yellow.

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  4. Toucans are tropical birds.

    ruТуканы - тропические птицы.

    deTukane sind tropische Vögel.

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  5. Toucans have large, colorful beaks.

    ruУ туканов большие яркие клювы.

    deTukane haben große, bunte Schnäbel.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Origin

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

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

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