| 释义 |
‖ tucktoo|tʌkˈtuː|
[Echoic: = Burmese tokté (Yule), taukte, from the animal's cry.]
Name in Burma for a large house lizard.
1896Athenæum 19 Dec. 870/1 The larger house lizard, which she calls the tucktoo. 1901J. W. Payne in Bulwark Nov. 260/1 In many a village you can see and hear the children with mock gravity keeping time to the tucktoo. Ibid., By day and by night he will tell you his name—‘Tuck-too! Tuck-too!’ And though he speaks often, it's always the same—‘Tuck-too! Tuck-too!’ |