Hypertext Webster Gateway: "toucan"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Toucan \Tou"can\, n. [F., fr. Pg. tucano; from Brazilian name. ]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of fruit-eating
birds of tropical America belonging to {Ramphastos},
{Pteroglossus}, and allied genera of the family
{Ramphastid[ae]}. They have a very large, but light and
thin, beak, often nearly as long as the body itself. Most
of the species are brilliantly colored with red, yellow,
white, and black in striking contrast.

2. (Astronom.) A modern constellation of the southern
hemisphere.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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


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