toco
/ˈtoʊ.koʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
noun
Crateva tapia, a fruit tree of South and Central America.
Example Sentences
- "The School leaders come up furious, and administer toco to the wretched fags nearest at hand; they may well be angry, for it is all Lombard-street to a china orange that the School-house kick a goal with the ball touched in such a good place."
- "Yum-Yum: But as I'm engaged to Ko-Ko, / To embrace you thus, con fuoco, / Would distinctly be no gioco, / And for yam I should get toco— Both: Toco, toco, toco, toco."
- "The Toco Toucan is surely among the most striking of the toucans, with its black-and-white body and enormous yellow-orange bill. [...] Tocos make loud rattling or clacking sounds with their bills."
- "Diabetes mellitus has been reported in tocos (R. toco) and keel-billed toucans."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ठोको, *𑀞𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀤𑀺, *𑀞𑁄𑀓𑀢𑀺, Ramphastos toco
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtoʊ.koʊ/
- British English: /ˈtəʊ.kəʊ/