Tu*ra"cou (?), n. [Cf. F. touraco.] Zool.

Any one of several species of plantain eaters of the genus Turacus, native of Africa. They are remarkable for the peculiar green and red pigments found in their feathers.

[Written also touraco, and touracou.]

 

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