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macaw
[ muh-kaw ]
noun
- any of various large, long-tailed parrots of tropical and subtropical America, noted for their brilliant plumage and distinctive light-colored facial patches: of the six macaw genera, Ara includes the most familiar and greatest number of species, while Cyanopsitta has just one species, C. spixii Spix's macaw, a small, blue macaw, now classified as possibly extinct in the wild.
macaw
/ məˈkɔː /
noun
- any large tropical American parrot of the genera Ara and Anodorhynchus, having a long tail and brilliant plumage
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Word History and Origins
Origin of macaw1
First recorded in 1620–30; from Portuguese macao, macau, probably from macaúba from Tupi macahuba, equivalent to maca “palm” + ybá “tree”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of macaw1
C17: from Portuguese macau, of unknown origin
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Example Sentences
It’s very hot in the rainforests, and we were filming little poison dart frogs and scarlet macaws.
From Nautilus
But those who had chosen the macaw, became the Macaw People.
From Project Gutenberg
It consisted of a monologue delivered by the poisonous young woman to the macaw, occasionally varied by ad lib.
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One could hardly call him a crimson macaw among owls, and yet no ordinary contrast availed.
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Next morning a kangaroo and a macaw strolled into Raikes's bedroom.
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On the top of the next tree sat an extraordinary-looking bird, about the size of a pheasant, colored blue and rose like a macaw.
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