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Definition of Turacos
1. turaco [n] - See also: turaco
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turacos
Literary usage of Turacos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Central Africa: An Attempt to Give Some Account of a Portion of the by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1898)
"In an earlier chapter of this book I have dwelt on the beautiful green turacos
with their crimson pinions. These lovely birds are represented by three ..."
2. Liberia by Harry Hamilton Johnston, Otto Stapf (1906)
"This country is rich in examples of that beautiful family peculiar to Africa in
its distribution at the present day—the plantain-eaters or turacos ..."
3. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"... or Plantain-eaters and turacos, are handsome birds, somewhat intermediate
between Toucans and Cuckoos. They are confined to the Ethiopian region and are ..."
4. The Uganda Protectorate: An Attempt to Give Some Description of the Physical by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1902)
"... is the largest member of that remarkable group of purely African birds which
are known as the plantain-eaters or turacos. The family of the turacos ..."
5. Precious Stones, for Curative Wear, and Other Remedial Uses: And Other by William Thomas Fernie (1907)
"Thus, the brilliant red of the wing feathers of the turacos is due to a colouring
matter derived from the banana, (or its twin brother, the plantain,) upon ..."
6. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1867)
"... bee-eaters, white-eyes, turacos, and several smaller groups, have so much
green in their plumage as to tend greatly to conceal them among the foliage. ..."
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