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macaw


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Macaw  \Ma*caw"\,  n.  [From  the  native  name  in  the  Antilles.] 
  (Zo["o]l.) 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  macaw 
  n  :  long-tailed  brilliantly  colored  parrot  of  Central  and  South 
  America;  among  the  largest  and  showiest  of  parrots 




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