| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| touraco |
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| SYLLABICATION: | tou·ra·co |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  t r  -k  |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also tu·ra·co |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. tou·ra·cos
Any of various weak-flying, cuckoolike African birds of the family Musophagidae, many of which have brightly colored plumage and long tails. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, perhaps of West African origin.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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