turacou

Questions about turacou

What does turacou mean?

turacou means "large brightly crested bird of Africa".

How many syllables are in turacou?

turacou has 3 syllables and divides as tu-ra-cou under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for turacou?

Close synonyms include touraco, turaco, turakoo. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is turacou a common word?

turacou is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.