macaw

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"It's no different than if my next door neighbor had a parrot or a macaw," Brittain said.

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  1. noun Any of various parrots of the genera Ara and Anodorhynchus of Central and South America, including the largest parrots and characterized by long saber-shaped tails, curved powerful bills, and usually brilliant plumage.

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  • In appearance she was small and thin, dressed like a macaw, and had brilliant black eyes. —  Cold, Lone and Still - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 64
  • "It's no different than if my next door neighbor had a parrot or a macaw," Brittain said. —  NBC2 News
  • Don't you see, my boy, he furnished the specimen he saw with the tail plumage of three different varieties of the macaw--the green the blue, and the red. —  Through Forest and Stream The Quest of the Quetzal
  • The live macaw was allowed to remain in the bag all night, when its spirit being somewhat quelled by hunger, we gave it some nuts, which it took readily; and in the course of the day it consented to come out and get a string tied round its leg. —  The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco
  • Among the animals whose glyphs only seldom appear may be mentioned the macaw, the peccary, the tree-toad (god P), the quetzal, and the jaguar. —  Animal Figures in the Maya Codices
 

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  1. Portuguese macaú, from macaúba, kind of palm tree, from Tupi macahuba, palm tree : maca, palm + ybá, tree.

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  1. Formerly also maccaw, macao, machao; from Brazilian macao.
 

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