tuco-tuco

[ too-koh-too-koh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural tu·co-tu·cos.

any of several burrowing rodents of the genus Ctenomys, of South America, resembling the pocket gopher.

First recorded in 1835–45; from Latin American Spanish tucotuco, imitative of its cry

When eye born defective, optic nerve (Tuco Tuco) is atrophied.

The "Tuco-tuco," genus Ctenomys, has also short ears and tail.

It was a kind of large beetle, an inch in length, to which the Indians give the name of "tuco-tuco."

It was a kind of large drone, an inch long, and the Indians call it "tuco-tuco."

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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