tucutucun.

/ˈtuːkuːˈtuːkuː/

Forms: Also tucutuco, tucotuco, tucatuca, tucatucu.

Etymology: < a South American Indian language, imitating the grunting sound made by the animal when in its burrow.

A rat-like burrowing rodent of the genus Ctenomys, esp. C. magellanica and C. brasiliensis; found in Patagonia and La Plata. Also, the sound made by this animal. Also attributive.

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gundi1781

tucutucu1839

spiny rat1876

1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. iii. 58 The tucutucos appear, to a certain degree, to be gregarious... They are nocturnal in their habits... This animal is universally known by a very peculiar noise, which it makes when beneath the ground... The name Tucutuco is given in imitation of the sound... When angry or frightened, they uttered the tuco-tuco.

1839 Fitz-Roy Voy. Beagle II. 313 The ‘tucutucu’, a little animal like a small rabbit.

1880 Lady F. Dixie Across Patagonia ix. 112 Putting his foot in an unusually deep tuca-tuca hole, my little horse comes with a crash upon his head.

1899 Daily News 4 May 4/3 Patagonia was always noted for its strange ground game, as armadillos and tucotucos.

1904 Times, Lit. Suppl. 11 Nov. 347/2 They rode northwards towards the Andes..knee-deep mud and tucutucu country (earth undermined by prairie rat) were common everywhere.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	tucutucu
释义	tucutucun. /ˈtuːkuːˈtuːkuː/ Forms: Also tucutuco, tucotuco, tucatuca, tucatucu. Etymology: < a South American Indian language, imitating the grunting sound made by the animal when in its burrow. A rat-like burrowing rodent of the genus Ctenomys, esp. C. magellanica and C. brasiliensis; found in Patagonia and La Plata. Also, the sound made by this animal. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Hystricomorpha (porcupine or guinea-pig) > [noun] > member of family Bathyergidae > other types of gundi1781 tucutucu1839 spiny rat1876 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. iii. 58 The tucutucos appear, to a certain degree, to be gregarious... They are nocturnal in their habits... This animal is universally known by a very peculiar noise, which it makes when beneath the ground... The name Tucutuco is given in imitation of the sound... When angry or frightened, they uttered the tuco-tuco. 1839 Fitz-Roy Voy. Beagle II. 313 The ‘tucutucu’, a little animal like a small rabbit. 1880 Lady F. Dixie Across Patagonia ix. 112 Putting his foot in an unusually deep tuca-tuca hole, my little horse comes with a crash upon his head. 1899 Daily News 4 May 4/3 Patagonia was always noted for its strange ground game, as armadillos and tucotucos. 1904 Times, Lit. Suppl. 11 Nov. 347/2 They rode northwards towards the Andes..knee-deep mud and tucutucu country (earth undermined by prairie rat) were common everywhere. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1839
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