tuco-tuco

Wikispecies

• tucotuco, tucutuco, tucu-tuco

Borrowed from Spanish tuco-tuco. Onomatopoeic.

tuco-tuco (plural tuco-tucos)

1. Any of the caviomorph rodents of the genus Ctenomys, which have a large head, small ears, and hairy tail.
   • 2002, Maurice Burton, Robert Burton, editors, International Wildlife Encyclopedia, 3rd edition, volume 20: Tree squirrel - water spider, New York: Marshall Cavendish, page 2772:

     Tuco-tucos groom themselves to remove loose sand from their fur by combing with the stiff bristles that grow near the bases of the hind claws.

   • 2010, Joseph F. Merritt, The Biology of Small Mammals, page 76:

     The eyes of tuco-tucos are almost level with the top of the head, which is adaptive for surveying the horizon from their shelter without exposing themselves to predators.

   • 2011, Erin McCloskey, Argentina, page 56:

     The tuco-tuco is a vegetarian rodent very similar in appearance and behaviour to the ground squirrel.

• (any species of family Ctenomyidae): ctenomyid

• caviomorph

• Famatina tuco-tuco
• Scaglia's tuco-tuco
• Talas tuco-tuco

• IPA^(key): /ˌtuko ˈtuko/ [ˌt̪u.ko ˈt̪u.ko]
• Syllabification: tu‧co-tu‧co

tuco-tuco m (plural tuco-tucos)

1. alternative form of tucutuco