toucan
toucan — noun
- toucansingular
- toucansplural
1. a brightly colored bird with a very large, thick beak, found in the tropical for
a brightly colored bird with a very large, thick beak, found in the tropical forests of Central and South America
The toucan used its large beak to reach fruit on a thin branch.
toucan + large beak
Gabriel saw a toucan sitting in a tree near the river in Costa Rica.
The zoo's new toucan has bright yellow and orange feathers on its chest.
Paloma painted a picture of a toucan for her school art project.
Tourists often visit the rainforest hoping to see a toucan in the wild.
- parrot
also a colorful tropical bird, but parrots can mimic speech and have a shorter, hooked beak — toucans do not
- macaw
a type of large, colorful parrot with a long tail, found in the same regions as toucans but unrelated species
- hornbill
an Old World tropical bird with a large beak, similar in appearance to a toucan but found in Africa and Asia, not the Americas