noun

• A small tropical American toucan with mainly green plumage.

  Family Ramphastidae: three genera, in particular Aulacorhynchus and Selenidera, and several species

  ‘Unfortunately, toucans are quite expensive; toucanets and aracaris are less expensive.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Toucans range from 20 inches to 25 inches while toucanets and aracaris are from 14 inches to 16 inches in length.’
  • ‘Although Ramphastos toucans are impressive, I prefer some of the smaller araçaris and toucanets.’
  • ‘The Guianan toucanet is almost exclusively found in the forest and savanna region.’
  • ‘The toucanets have mostly green plumage with blue markings.’