tucktoon.

/tʌkˈtuː/

Etymology: Echoic: = Burmese tokté (Yule), taukte, from the animal's cry.

Name in Burma (Myanmar) for a large house lizard.

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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types

provincial1575

elephant1601

roquet1666

scorpion-lizard1709

Guernsey lizard1769

geitje1786

pleodont1840

ngarara1843

sleepy lizard1883

tucktoo1896

1896 Athenæum 19 Dec. 870/1 The larger house lizard, which she calls the tucktoo.

1901 J. 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.

1901 J. W. Payne in Bulwark Nov. 260/1 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!’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	tucktoo
释义	tucktoon. /tʌkˈtuː/ Etymology: Echoic: = Burmese tokté (Yule), taukte, from the animal's cry. Name in Burma (Myanmar) for a large house lizard. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types provincial1575 elephant1601 roquet1666 scorpion-lizard1709 Guernsey lizard1769 geitje1786 pleodont1840 ngarara1843 sleepy lizard1883 tucktoo1896 1896 Athenæum 19 Dec. 870/1 The larger house lizard, which she calls the tucktoo. 1901 J. 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. 1901 J. W. Payne in Bulwark Nov. 260/1 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!’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1896
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