MACAW

macaw

(noun) long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America; among the largest and showiest of parrots

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

macaw (plural macaws)

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.

Source: Wiktionary


Ma*caw", n. [From the native name in the Antilles.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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.

Macaw bush (Bot.), a West Indian name for a prickly kind of nightshade (Solanum mammosum). --Macaw palm, Macaw tree (Bot.), a tropical American palm (Acrocomia fusiformis and other species) having a prickly stem and pinnately divided leaves. Its nut yields a yellow butter, with the perfume of violets, which is used in making violet soap. Called also grugru palm.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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