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ma·caw M0003500 (mə-kô′)n. Any of various parrots of several genera found in Mexico and South and Central America, including the largest parrots and characterized by a long tail, curved powerful bill, and usually brilliant plumage. [Portuguese macaú, from macaúba, kind of palm tree, from Tupí macahuba, palm tree : maca, palm + ybá, tree.]macaw (məˈkɔː) n (Animals) any large tropical American parrot of the genera Ara and Anodorhynchus, having a long tail and brilliant plumage[C17: from Portuguese macau, of unknown origin]ma•caw (məˈkɔ) n. any of various extremely large, long-tailed parrots of the genera Ara and Anodorhynchus, of the New World tropics, noted for their brilliant plumage and harsh voice. [1660–70; < Portuguese macao, macau < Tupi mak'o] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | macaw - long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America; among the largest and showiest of parrotsparrot - usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic soundsgenus Ara, Ara - macaws | Translationsmacaw
macaw: see parrotparrot, common name for members of the order Psittaciformes, comprising nearly 400 species of colorful birds, pantropical in distribution, including the parakeets. Parrots have large heads and short necks, strong feet with two toes in front and two in back (facilitating climbing ..... Click the link for more information. .macaw[mə′kȯ] (vertebrate zoology) The common name for large South and Central American parrots of the genus Ara and related genera; individuals are brilliantly colored with a long tail, a hooked bill, and a naked area around the eyes. macaw any large tropical American parrot of the genera Ara and Anodorhynchus, having a long tail and brilliant plumage MACAW Multiple Alignment Construction & Analysis Workbench. A program for locating, analysing, and editing blocks of localised sequence similarity among multiple sequences, linking them in a composite multiple alignmentMACAW
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