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Word entry · 6 letters

toucan

Best crossword clue

"Tropical beaked bird"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈtuːkən/Part of speech nounSorted acnotuStarts with TEnds with N2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

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

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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;

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Tropical beaked bird6 letters
02Big-billed bird6 letters

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