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  • noun Plural form of macaw.

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Examples

  • Paquimé, unlike Chaco or Aztec, raised macaws from the tropics, while Chaco and Aztec used macaws feathers in their ceremonies.

    Paquime - Casas Grandes, Chihuahua 2007

  • Paquimé, unlike Chaco or Aztec, raised macaws from the tropics, while Chaco and Aztec used macaws feathers in their ceremonies.

    Paquime - Casas Grandes, Chihuahua 2007

  • Traditional indigenous uses have maintained substantial forest cover, but recent socio-economic pressures from the extension of the Pan American highway, forestry exploitation, and selling of illegally-caught wildlife, such as macaws, parrots, and passerine birds, is changing their ancestral attitudes toward nature.

    Eastern Panamanian montane forests 2007

  • The Disease is called psittacosis - also known as parrot disease, parrot fever, and ornithosis - is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by a bacterium called Chlamydophila psittaci (formerly Chlamydia psittaci) and contracted not only from parrots, such as macaws, cockatiels and budgerigars, but also from pigeons, sparrows, ducks, hens, gulls and many other species of bird.

    WN.com - Articles related to Indonesia girl dies from bird flu, 3 undergo tests 2010

  • The Disease is called psittacosis - also known as parrot disease, parrot fever, and ornithosis - is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by a bacterium called Chlamydophila psittaci (formerly Chlamydia psittaci) and contracted not only from parrots, such as macaws, cockatiels and budgerigars, but also from pigeons, sparrows, ducks, hens, gulls and many other species of bird.

    WN.com - Articles related to Indonesia girl dies from bird flu, 3 undergo tests 2010

  • The Mayan culture is particularly fascinating, many gods are represented in the architecture by exotic jungle animals such as macaws and jaguars, and the Palenque site consists of a series of pyramid bases which held tombs of kings, queens, and relatives.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • Magnificent scarlet macaws once flew in abundance over much of Latin America.

    Will Travers: Canary in a Coal Mine? A Day to Save the Birds.... Will Travers 2012

  • And in Latin America, a project that Born Free supports to protect scarlet macaws in Honduras has been a resounding success.

    Will Travers: Canary in a Coal Mine? A Day to Save the Birds.... Will Travers 2012

  • Courtesy of Blue Sky Studios Pedro the cardinal, center, Rafael the toucan and Nico the canary with macaws Blu, left, and Jewel in 'Rio.'

    Animated 'Rio': A Witty Carnival of Brazil Nuts Joe Morgenstern 2011

  • Aqua Expeditions Among the wildlife spotted are three-toed sloths, Bolivian squirrel monkeys, macaws and red howler monkeys, Mr. McCarthy writes.

    Water, Wildlife & a King-Sized Bed 2011

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