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Tu⋅can⋅a

[too-kan-uh, -kah-nuh, -key-, tyoo-]
–noun, genitive -can⋅ae [-kan-ee, -kah-nee, -key-] . Astronomy.
the Toucan, a southern constellation between Octans and Phoenix.

Origin:
< NL: toucan
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Tu·ca·na   (tōō-kā'nə, -kä'-, tyōō-)   
n.  A constellation in the polar region of the Southern Hemisphere near Indus and Hydrus, containing the smaller Magellanic Clouds.

[Tupi tucana, toucan.]
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