Meanings
nountoucan (plural toucans)
plural toucans
- 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;
1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, ch 2
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans reënboogvoël
- reënboogvoëlRamphastid
Arabic طُوقَان
- طُوقَان (ṭūqān)Ramphastid
Basque tukan
- tukanRamphastid
Bulgarian тукан
- тукан (tukan)Ramphastid
Catalan tucà
- tucàRamphastid
Chinese Mandarin 鵎鵼 /𱉻𱊊, 大嘴鳥 /大嘴鸟
- 鵎鵼 /𱉻𱊊 (tuǒkōng)Ramphastid
- 大嘴鳥 /大嘴鸟 (dàzuǐniǎo)Ramphastid
- 巨嘴鳥 /巨嘴鸟 (jùzuǐniǎo)Ramphastid
Czech tukan
- tukanRamphastid
Danish tukan
- tukanRamphastid
Dutch toekan
- toekanRamphastid
Esperanto tukano
- tukanoRamphastid
Estonian tuukan
- tuukanRamphastid
Finnish tukaani
- tukaaniRamphastid
French toucan
- toucanRamphastid
German Tukan, Pfefferfresser
- TukanRamphastid
- PfefferfresserRamphastid
- PfeffervogelRamphastid
Greek τουκάν
- τουκάν (toukán)Ramphastid
Hebrew טוּקָן
- טוּקָן (tukan)Ramphastid
Hungarian tukán
- tukánRamphastid
Icelandic túkan
- túkanRamphastid
Indonesian tukan
- tukanRamphastid
Irish túcán
- túcánRamphastid
Italian tucano
- tucanoRamphastid
Japanese 大嘴, 巨嘴鳥
- 大嘴 (ōhashi)Ramphastid
- 巨嘴鳥 (kyōshichō)Ramphastid
Korean 큰부리새류
- 큰부리새류 (keunburisaeryu)Ramphastid
Latvian tukāns
- tukānsRamphastid
Lithuanian tukanas
- tukanasRamphastid
Norwegian Bokmål tukan
- tukanRamphastid
Persian توکان
- توکان (tukân)Ramphastid
Polish tukan
- tukanRamphastid
Portuguese tucano
- tucanoRamphastid
Romanian tucan
- tucanRamphastid
Russian тука́н
- тука́н (tukán)Ramphastid
Scottish Gaelic tùcan
- tùcanRamphastid
Slovak tukan
- tukanRamphastid
Spanish tucán, diostedé
- tucánRamphastid
- diostedéRamphastid
- picofeoRamphastid
- racoRamphastid
- yátaroRamphastid
Swedish tukan
- tukanRamphastid
Tamil தூக்கான்
- தூக்கான் (tūkkāṉ)Ramphastid
Thai นกปากใหญ่
- นกปากใหญ่ (nók bpàak yài)Ramphastid
Turkish tukan
- tukanRamphastid
Ukrainian тукан
- тукан (tukan)Ramphastid
Welsh twcan, gŵydd Americanaidd
- twcanRamphastid
- gŵydd AmericanaiddRamphastid
Yiddish טוקאַן
- טוקאַן (tukan)Ramphastid
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
APA
toucan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toucan
MLA
“toucan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toucan. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “toucan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toucan.
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