Definition of Touracos

1. touraco [n] - See also: touraco

Lexicographical Neighbors of Touracos

toupets
toupettit
tour
tour-of-duty
tour bus
tour d'horizon
tour de force
tour guide
tour match
tour matches
tour mate
tour of duty
tour operator
tour operators
touraco
touracos (current term)
tourbillion
tourbillions
tourbillon
tourbillons
toured
tourelle
tourer
tourers
tourette syndrome
tourgoer
tourgoers
tourie
touries
touring

Literary usage of Touracos

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"Several specimens of touracos are to be found in our museums, and several species have lived at the gardens of the Zoological Society. Regent's Park. ..."

2. Natural History: Or, Second Division of "The English Encyclopedia" edited by Charles Knight (1867)
"Several specimens of touracos are to be found in our museum;, and several species have lived at the gardens of the Zoological ..."

3. Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the by Arnold James Cooley (1892)
"The following interesting tic U regarding the colours of birds appeared in the 'Standard' newspaper in 1889: The touracos, or ' plantain eaters,' as they ..."

4. Orr's Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatises on the Principles of by William Somerville Orr (1855)
"The touracos are found in most parts of Africa, where they inhabit thickly-wooded ... The Plantain-eaters (Musophaga) are larger birds than the touracos, ..."

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