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Large brightly crested bird of Africa
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turaco
Word definitions for turaco in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
turaco \turaco\, turacou \tu*ra"cou\, n. [Cf. F. touraco.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of large brightly crested birds of the genus Turacus , native of Africa. They eat plantain and are remarkable for the peculiar green and red pigments found ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The turacos make up the bird family Musophagidae (literally "banana-eaters"), which includes plantain-eaters and go-away-birds . In southern Africa both turacos and go-away-birds are commonly known as louries . They are semi-zygodactylous – the fourth (outer) ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of the birds in the Musophagidae family with vivid colouring and prominent crest.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. large brightly crested bird of Africa [syn: touraco , turacou , turakoo ]
Usage examples of turaco.
There were blue turacos, parrots, weaverbirds, African fish eagles, and a kind of African blackbird.