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Macaw   /məkˈɔ/   Listen
Macaw

noun
1.
Long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America; among the largest and showiest of parrots.





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"Macaw" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the woodpecker; the clear flute—note of the Pavo del monte; the discordant shriek of the macaw; the shrill chirr of the wild Guinea fowl; and the chattering of the paroquets, began to be heard from the wood. The ill—omened gaflinaso was sailing and circling round the hut, and the tall flamingo was stalking on the shallows of the lagoon, the haunt of the disgusting alligator, ...
— Tom Cringle's Log • Michael Scott


Words linked to "Macaw" :   genus Ara, parrot, Ara


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