tuco-tuco

noun

tu·​co-tu·​co

ˈtü(ˌ)kōˈtü(ˌ)kō

variants or less commonly tucu-tucu

-kü… kü

plural -s

: any of various South American hystricomorph burrowing rodents comprising the genus Ctenomys and resembling the North American pocket gophers but lacking cheek pouches

Word History

Etymology

American Spanish tucutuco, imitative of its cry

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