音标:[ˈtu:kænz] ;
n. 巨嘴鸟, 犀鸟( toucan的复数形式 )
n. brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak

The toucan's long bill has long perplexed biologists. Darwin theorized that it attracted mates. Other suggested uses ranged from fruit peeling to territorial defense. But a report in the July 24th issue of the journal Science offers another explanati

发表于:2018-12-24 / 阅读(288) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(七)月

Big Bill Chill When people get hot, we sweat. When dogs overheat, they pant. And birds? At least one typethe Toco toucanuses its oversized bill to cool down. Even if youre never seen a live toucan up close, you might be able to picture its huge, mult

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Our next destination could easily be described as a piece of paradise-- Costa Rica. It is a favorite get-away for both eco-trekkers and the surf set. Now if you are looking to enjoy a bit of the good life, for as they say Costa Rica, la Puda Vida, th

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abattis
acetylcholin esterase
acidophil leukocyte
aluminium sash
anterior occlusion
Anyuanestheria
aquatic weed cutter
aspheric reflecting surface
atisha
attrition murmur
autograts
avowtry
Balladoran
bancoul nut
be nowhere
boundary displacement
Brunswic
Budongbudong
button men
charging area
Chelsham
chop shot
co-presenting
coile
cold drawn
continous agent
Corynebacterium hoagii
Covendo
dcor
dehydrated foods
Denali Fault
didelphine
downdraft kiln
Dutch mattress
enumerative
fixed size location
FM-FM telemetering system
foam inhibitor
four element infrared objective
game-winning
Ganglion mesentericum superius
goose-cap
group type venting system
hansel-and-gretel
hemophagia
inter-system crosstalk
intercalary vein
Koppers horizontal-flue oven
liqueur glasses
liverleaf
ll.d
marbore
membrain
metalized
microlesions
MTBR
multiple single plant selection
N. Mex.
newel box
offline reader
oil seed
ozt
Pajou, Augustin
pattern stability test
phonophoretic
plasma display panels
poulle
pre-leased
pumafentrine
race discrimination
radiolus
rallye
ravel
reaccentuate
Red-Rump
reinsurance arrangement
riyadhs
Sarga, Pta.
schinck
short talk
silbermann
spectrologically
standard bicarbonate
standard cost replace transaction
stentorian
stillbirth
subfamily Nelumbonaceae
submerged pipeline
subpolar cap
Swietinia
syringeable
Taykanskiy Khrebet
telephoto
terrestrial photographic mapping
thread-like secretion
unhinge
unpossibilities
untrucks
VILLENEUVE-LA-GARENNE
wet strenght
Wilson's blackcap
woolly sibiraea