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

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)

 Context examples 

These animals include jaguars, Spix's macaws, harpy eagles, vinaceous-breasted amazons, crowned solitary eagles, hawksbill turtles, green turtles, tarantulas, Amazon false coral snakes, Brazilian green racer snakes, cream-colored woodpeckers, blue spiny starfish, sharks, seahorses, piaba fish, sawfish, bluefin tuna, brown howler monkeys.

(Over 300 animal species threatened in Bahia, Agência Brasil)