Definition of Tucotuco

1. a South American rodent [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tucotuco

tucker out
tuckered
tuckered out
tuckering
tuckeroo
tuckers
tucket
tuckets
tucking
tucking in
tucks
tucks in
tuckshop
tuckshops
tuckus
tucotuco (current term)
tucotucos
tucum
tucuma
tucumas
tucutuco
tucutucos
tucuxi
tucuxis
tuditanomorph
tuditanomorphs
tudung
tudungs
tue
tuet

Literary usage of Tucotuco

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

1. A Natural History of the Mammalia by George Robert Waterhouse (1848)
"The species found in Maldonado is there known by the name tucotuco, ... The tucotuco lives almost entirely under ground, and prefers a sandy soil with a ..."

2. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, During the Years 1843-46 by Edward Belcher, Arthur Adams (1848)
"Although furnished with very minute eyes, the tucotuco is not absolutely blind, as Darwin affirms it to be. They very soon die in captivity, like the common ..."

3. South America: A Geography Reader by Isaiah Bowman (1915)
"The most common inhabitant of the region to-day is the tucotuco, a little animal that burrows in the ground like a mole and eats the tender roots of the ..."

4. South America: A Geography Reader by Isaiah Bowman (1915)
"The most common inhabitant of the region to-day is the tucotuco, a little animal that burrows in the ground like a mole and eats the tender roots of the ..."

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