aracari

[ ahr-uh-sahr-ee ]

noun

any of several small toucans of the genus Pteroglossus, having strongly serrate bills and yellow underparts marked with black and red.

Origin of aracari

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<Portuguese araçari<Tupi arasári

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Pteroglossus torquatus erythrozonus Ridgway: Collared aracari.
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula | Erwin E. Klaas
Green aracari, beneath paler; throat whitish, round the orbits blue; bill with two lateral longitudinal grooves.
Zoological Illustrations, Volume I | William Swainson
Now and then Guapo brought down a parrot, a macaw, or an aracari, with his blow-gun; but these were only temporary supplies.
The Forest Exiles | Mayne Reid

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