macaw
pronunciation
How to pronounce macaw in British English:
UK [məˈkɔ:]
How to pronounce macaw in American English:
US [mə'kɔ]
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- Noun:
- long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America; among the largest and showiest of parrots
Word Origin
- macaw (n.)
- species of large, long-tailed birds, 1660s, from Portuguese macau, from a word in a Brazilian language, perhaps Tupi macavuana, which may be the name of a type of palm tree the fruit of which the birds eat.
Example
- 1. Squawking point : a circle of bright yellow skin around a hyacinth macaw 's eye is set off against its blue plumage .
- 2. 1 / 16 A couple of macaw parrots enjoy themselves in their enclosure at a zoo in the western german city of muenster .
- 3. In the game , the angry birds manage to escape from their captors and then try to save their two rare macaw friends - blu and jewel .
- 4. Then we peered between the palms and saw a magnificent sapphire-blue macaw in an iron cage .
- 5. Having run through possible diagnoses of the macaw 's condition , I decided his dejection could only have been brought on by the dismal surroundings in which he was living - hidden away in a drab , dark lounge , his perch tucked in one corner behind heavy curtains .