ARA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ara mean? 

• ARA (noun)
  The noun ARA has 2 senses:

1. a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma

2. macaws

  Familiarity information: ARA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Macaws

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ara; genus Ara

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Ara"):

macaw (long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America; among the largest and showiest of parrots)

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

family Psittacidae; Psittacidae (coextensive with the order Psittaciformes)