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aracari

[ ahr-uh-sahr-ee ]

noun

  1. any of several small toucans of the genus Pteroglossus, having strongly serrate bills and yellow underparts marked with black and red.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of aracari1

< Portuguese araçari < Tupi arasári

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Example Sentences

Pteroglossus torquatus erythrozonus Ridgway: Collared Aracari.

Green Aracari, beneath paler; throat whitish, round the orbits blue; bill with two lateral longitudinal grooves.

Now and then Guapo brought down a parrot, a macaw, or an aracari, with his blow-gun; but these were only temporary supplies.

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