tucotuco

British

/ ˌtuːkəʊˈtuːkəʊ, ˌtuːkuːˈtuːkuː /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of tucotuco

C19: of South American Indian origin

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He does not know that the eye of the Tucotuco was carefully dissected.

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