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MACAW

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Dictionary entry overview: What does macaw mean?

• MACAW (noun)
The noun MACAW has 1 sense:

1. long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America; among the largest and showiest of parrots

Familiarity information: MACAW used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MACAW (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America; among the largest and showiest of parrots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("macaw" is a kind of...):

parrot (usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds)

Holonyms ("macaw" is a member of...):

Ara; genus Ara (macaws)

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