New cars are now available at relatively modest prices. He has only a modest amount of knowledge on the subject. It is a book of only modest importance. She's very modest about her achievements. Don't be so modest. Your performance was wonderful! âI'm not a hero. I was just doing my job,â he said in his characteristically modest way.
A: A toucan weighs a little over 1 pound, approximately 20 ounces. The bird grows to about 25 inches and their bills alone reach up to 7.5 inches in length. Toucans are found throughout the tropical forests of South America and are best known for their colorful and disproportionately large bills.
1 linking verb (+ noun) to have a particular weight How much do you weigh (= how heavy are you)? She weighs 60 kilos. The average male tiger weighs around 200 kg. These cases weigh a ton (= are very heavy). 2 [transitive] weigh somebody/something/yourself to measure how heavy somebody/something is, usually by using scales He weighed himself on the bathroom scales. She weighed the stone in her hand (= estimated how heavy it was by holding it).