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Definition of Macaw
1. Noun. Long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America; among the largest and showiest of parrots.
Definition of Macaw
1. n. Any parrot of the genus Sittace, or Macrocercus. About eighteen species are known, all of them American. They are large and have a very long tail, a strong hooked bill, and a naked space around the eyes. The voice is harsh, and the colors are brilliant and strongly contrasted.
Definition of Macaw
1. Noun. Any of various parrots of the genera ''Ara'', ''Anodorhynchus'', ''Cyanopsitta'', ''Orthopsittaca'', ''Primolius'' and ''Diopsittaca'' of Central and South America, including the largest parrots and characterized by long sabre-shaped tails, curved powerful bills, and usually brilliant plumage. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Macaw
1. a large parrot [n -S]
Medical Definition of Macaw
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Macaw
Literary usage of Macaw
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hortus Jamaicensis, Or, A Botanical Description, (according to the Linnean by John Lunan (1814)
""macaw-BUSH—See TURKEY BERRIES. macaw-TREE. COCOS. CL. 21, OR. 6. ... •The great
macaw-tree has a trunk as thick as the-human body, with a swelling at foot, ..."
2. Among the Indians of Guiana: Being Sketches Chiefly Anthropologic from the by Everard Ferdinand Im Thurn (1883)
"... OF macaw-FEATHERS. a man's back across the shoulders, is stretched from shoulder
to shoulder ..."
3. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"THE macaw [Macrocercus, Vieill.]. The stomach or gizzard is about as strong as
a crow's, with stones in it. The duodenum is as usual. ..."
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