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  1. Toucan
    The USS Toucan was an American Auk Class minesweeper of 890 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Toucan was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 18 knots and carried a complement of 105. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun and two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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  2. toucan
    [n] - brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak
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  3. toucan
    a pedestrian crossing with signal control similar to the Pelican and the Puffin but shared with bicycles Category: Electrical engineering and energy
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  4. Toucan
    Tou'can (tō'kăn; 277) noun [ French, from Portuguese tucano ; from Brazilian name. ] 1. (Zoology) Any one of numerous species of fruit-eating birds of tropical America belonging to Ramphastos , Pteroglossus...
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  5. toucan
    1. <ornithology> Any one of numerous species of fruit-eating birds of tropical America belonging to Ramphastos, Pteroglossus, and allied genera of the family Ramphastidae. They have a very large, but light and thin, beak, often nearly as long as the body itself. most of the species are brillia...
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  6. toucan
    noun brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak
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  7. Toucan
    • (n.) A modern constellation of the southern hemisphere. • (n.) Any one of numerous species of fruit-eating birds of tropical America belonging to Ramphastos, Pteroglossus, and allied genera of the family Ramphastidae. They have a very large, but light and thin, beak, often nearly as long...
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  8. toucan
    the common name given to numerous species of tropical American forest birds known for their large and strikingly coloured bills. The term toucan is ... [3 related articles]
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  9. toucan
    toucan (tOOkăn', tOO'kän) , perching bird of the New World tropics, related to the woodpeckers. Toucans vary in size from the jay-sized toucanets to the 24-in. (62-cm) tocos of the Amazon basin. They are notable for their enormous, often brightly colored, canoe-shaped bills, which...
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  10. Toucan
    Toucan is a southern constellation located by Bayer in 1603 to the south of Phoenix.
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  11. Toucan
    The toucan (Rhamphastidae) are a family of picarian birds (the woodpeckers) found in South and Central America forests. They possess brilliant plumage and enormously large, saw-edged bills, but unlike the hornbills, toucans do not possess a bill helmet. Toucans live in societies feeding mainly on fruit, and are esteemed by the natives for food.
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  12. toucan
    Any South and Central American forest-dwelling bird of the genus Ramphastos, family Ramphastidae, order Piciformes. Toucans have very large, brilliantly coloured beaks and often handsome plumage. They live in small flocks and eat fruits, seeds, and insects. They nest in holes i...
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  13. Toucan
    `Toucans` are members of the family `Ramphastidae` of near passerine birds from the Neotropics. The family is most closely related to the American barbets. They are brightly marked and have large, often colorful bills. The family includes five genera and about forty different species. The name of th...
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12 February 2012

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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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