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touraco in British English
or turaco (ˈtʊərəˌkəʊ)
nounWord forms: plural -cos
any brightly coloured crested arboreal African bird of the family Musophagidae: order Cuculiformes (cuckoos, etc)
Word origin
C18: of West African origintouraco in American English
(ˈturəˌkoʊ; ˌ turəˈkoʊ)
nounWord forms: plural ˈtouraˌcos
any of a family (Musophagidae, order Cuculiformes) of brightly colored, tropical forest birds of Africa, with a short, stout bill, long tail, and erectile crest
Word origin
prob. via Fr < WAfr native nameImage oftouraco
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