Also spelled tucutuco, tucutucos, and tucutucu
noun
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noun
any of several stocky burrowing South American rodents of the genus Ctenomys
The tuco-tuco sealed the entrance to its burrow with loose soil.
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Ctenomyscaviomorphburrowing rodent
Etymology
Borrowed from American Spanish tucutuco or tuco-tuco, an imitation of the animal's repeated call.