toucan crossing
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A pedestrian crossing equipped with traffic lights operated by the pedestrians, same as pelican crossing, but also allowing bicycles to cross.
British usage
Etymology
Punningly from pelican crossing and toucan (another bird), because "two can" cross at once (pedestrians and bicycles).
Usage
- British usage