tuco-tuco

[ too-koh-too-koh ]

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

Words Nearby tuco-tuco

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How to use tuco-tuco in a sentence

When eye born defective, optic nerve (Tuco Tuco) is atrophied.
The Foundations of the Origin of Species | Charles Darwin
The "tuco-tuco," genus Ctenomys, has also short ears and tail.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia | Frank Evers Beddard
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

British Dictionary definitions for tucotuco

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

Origin of tucotuco

C19: of South American Indian origin

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