[too-kan, -kahn, too-kahn] 
| 1. | any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill. |
| 2. | (initial capital letter ) Astronomy. the constellation Tucana. |
| tou·can (tōō'kān', -kän', tōō-kān', -kän') n. Any of various tropical American birds of the family Ramphastidae, having brightly colored plumage and a very large bill and feeding mainly on small fruits. [French, from Portuguese tucano or Spanish tucán, both from Tupi tucano, type of bird.] |
