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单词 tuco-tuco
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tuco-tuco

[ too-koh-too-koh ]
/ ˈtu koʊˈtu koʊ /

noun, plural tu·co-tu·cos.

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

Origin of tuco-tuco

First recorded in 1825–35, tuco-tuco is from the American Spanish word tucotuco, imitative of its cry

Words nearby tuco-tuco

tuck in, tuck into, tuck-point, tuck pointing, tuck-shop, tuco-tuco, Tucson, Tucumán, 'tude, Tudjman, Tudor
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Example sentences from the Web for tuco-tuco

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

    In Search of the Castaways|Jules Verne

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

    In Search of the Castaways|Jules Verne

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

    The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers Beddard

British Dictionary definitions for tuco-tuco

tucotuco

tucutucu (ˌtuːkuːˈtuːkuː)

/ (ˌtuːkəʊˈtuːkəʊ) /

noun

any of various colonial burrowing South American hystricomorph rodents of the genus Ctenomys, having long-clawed feet and a stocky body: family Ctenomyidae

Word Origin for tucotuco

C19: of South American Indian origin
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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