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tu·ra·co

also tou·ra·co (to͝or′ə-kō′)

n. pl. tu·ra·cos also tou·ra·cos

Any of various fruit-eating African birds of the family Musophagidae, having brightly colored plumage, a long tail, and a prominent crest.

[French, perhaps of West African origin.]

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turaco

(ˈtʊərəˌkəʊ)

n, pl -cos

(Animals) a variant spelling of touraco

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turaco - large brightly crested bird of Africa

touraco, turacou, turakoo

cuculiform bird - birds having zygodactyl feet (except for the touracos)

family Musophagidae, Musophagidae - touracos

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Most prominent among frugivorous animals are passerine birds (e.g., tanagers, thrushes, cotingas, starlings, birds of paradise, waxwings), non-passerine birds (e.g., toucans, trogons, parrots, pigeons, hornbills, touracos), mammalian carnivores such as bears, procyonids (e.g., raccoons, coatis), viverrids (e.g., civets, genets), and canids (e.g., coyotes, foxes), and, in tropical regions, monkeys, bats, forest ungulates, reptiles and fishes (Dubost, 1984; Bodmer, 1989, 1991; Jordano, 1992; Milton, 1992; Horn, 1997; Atsalis, 1999; Duncan & Chapman, 1999; Hamann & Curio, 1999; Jordano, 2000; Clarke & Downie, 2001; Herrera, 2002; Olesen & Valido, 2003; Morris et al., 2006; Bravo, 2008; Celedon-Neghme et al., 2008; Galetti et al., 2008).