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macaw

[ muh-kaw ]

noun

  1. 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

  1. 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

But those who had chosen the macaw, became the Macaw People.

It consisted of a monologue delivered by the poisonous young woman to the macaw, occasionally varied by ad lib.

One could hardly call him a crimson macaw among owls, and yet no ordinary contrast availed.

Next morning a kangaroo and a macaw strolled into Raikes's bedroom.

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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