tuco-tuco

C2+ Topic:Word Formation & Derivatives

Also spelled tucutuco, tucutucos, and tucutucu

US /ˈtuː.koʊˌtuː.koʊ/ UK /ˈtuː.kəʊˌtuː.kəʊ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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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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Word family

Related forms Ctenomyscaviomorphburrowing rodent

Etymology

Borrowed from American Spanish tucutuco or tuco-tuco, an imitation of the animal's repeated call.

Topics

Word Formation & Derivatives General Vocabulary

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