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    macaw
    [ noun ]
    long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America; among the largest and showiest of parrots
    <noun.animal>


    Macaw \Ma*caw"\, n. [From the native name in the Antilles.]
    (Zo["o]l.)
    Any parrot of the genus {Ara}, {Sittace}, or {Macrocercus}.
    About eighteen species are known, all of them found in
    Central and South America. 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; they are among the largest and showiest
    of parrots. Different species names have been given to the
    same macaw, as for example the {Hyacinthine macaw}, which has
    been variously classified as {Anodorhyncus hyacynthinus},
    {Anodorhyncus maximiliani}, and {Macrocercus hyacynthinus}.
    [1913 Webster +PJC]

    {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}.

    1. They congregate in great wildlife spectacles around "macaw licks," where they eat clay to help digest their food.
    2. Two days later, birdnappers struck again, this time making off another cockatoo and a blue and gold macaw.
    3. The birds included 193 Cuban melodius finches, 48 Cuban Amazon parrots, one mustached parakeet and a scarlet macaw.
    4. Priced at $50 to $500, far less than a macaw or parrot.
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