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
1First recorded in 1835–45; from Latin American Spanish tucotuco, imitative of its cry
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How to use tuco-tuco in a sentence
He does not know that the eye of the Tucotuco was carefully dissected.
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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
1C19: of South American Indian origin
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