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单词 macaw
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Definition of macaw in English:

macaw

noun məˈkɔːməˈkɔ
  • A large long-tailed parrot with brightly coloured plumage, native to Central and South America.

    Ara and related genera: family Psittacidae: several species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Bird watchers are drawn from all over the world in search of species such as parrots, parakeets, hyacinth macaws, and wood storks.
    • Active fast flying lorikeets and big birds such as cockatoos and macaws should be in a large flight aviary.
    • Across the street is a place where pretty petite men in sad, grey clothing sit amidst women so colorful they are a menagerie of flamingoes and toucans and macaws.
    • Along waterways and ponds you're likely to see parrots and macaws, hawks and jabiru storks.
    • ‘One of the delights of Kapawi are the parrots and macaws, and the roar of distant howler monkeys,’ says one tour operator.
    • Chaco, Wupatki, and Aztec had imported the brightly plumed macaws.
    • Here you stand a good chance of spotting such rare birds as the chestnut-fronted macaw and red-throated caracara.
    • These include ostriches, macaws, toucans, flamingos, storks and cranes.
    • Like most species of parrot, great green macaws have suffered as a result of hunting and the pet trade, but their most serious problem is the loss of their habitat to agriculture.
    • Parrots could even tell the difference between film of macaws and budgies.
    • Hundreds of macaws and parrots gather at the exposed riverbanks to feed on clay, which helps the birds digest their diet of nutritious seeds.
    • The survey also featured 2,273 rabbits, 1,757 hamsters, 482 parrots and macaws, 233 ferrets, 81 donkeys and 47 newts and salamanders.
    • Many parrots, macaws and cockatoos are also being driven close to extinction by international trade.
    • Mexico is home to toucans, vultures, hummingbirds, woodpeckers, parrots, macaws, and quetzals.
    • Among the 16 birds taken were Amazon and African grey parrots and macaws, along with two kittens, one rabbit and a chinchilla.
    • Biologist and macaw expert Charles Munn, who has studied macaws in Peru for many years, has shown that in scarlet macaws these facial markings are individualized, like fingerprints.
    • Like all parrots, military macaws like to climb.
    • The world's rarest parrots, including most macaws, are at special risk.
    • At this rate, in a few years we won't have any macaws left in the wild.
    • Manchester is one of the prime areas for thefts of birds like macaws and parrots because a lot of people keep birds as a hobby.

Origin

Early 17th century: from obsolete Portuguese macau, of unknown origin.

Rhymes

abhor, adore, afore, anymore, ashore, awe, bandore, Bangalore, before, boar, Boer, bore, caw, chore, claw, cocksure, comprador, cor, core, corps, craw, Delors, deplore, door, draw, drawer, evermore, explore, flaw, floor, for, forbore, fore, foresaw, forevermore, forswore, four, fourscore, furthermore, Gábor, galore, gnaw, gore, grantor, guarantor, guffaw, hard-core, Haugh, haw, hoar, ignore, implore, Indore, interwar, jaw, Johor, Lahore, law, lessor, lor, lore, man-o'-war, maw, mirador, mor, more, mortgagor, Mysore, nevermore, nor, oar, obligor, offshore, onshore, open-jaw, or, ore, outdoor, outwore, paw, poor, pore, pour, rapport, raw, roar, saw, scaur, score, senhor, señor, shaw, ship-to-shore, shop-floor, shore, signor, Singapore, snore, soar, softcore, sore, spore, store, straw, swore, Tagore, tau, taw, thaw, Thor, threescore, tor, tore, torr, trapdoor, tug-of-war, two-by-four, underfloor, underscore, war, warrantor, Waugh, whore, withdraw, wore, yaw, yore, your
 
 

Definition of macaw in US English:

macaw

nounməˈkôməˈkɔ
  • A large long-tailed parrot with brightly colored plumage, native to Central and South America.

    Ara and related genera: family Psittacidae: several species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Active fast flying lorikeets and big birds such as cockatoos and macaws should be in a large flight aviary.
    • The world's rarest parrots, including most macaws, are at special risk.
    • Biologist and macaw expert Charles Munn, who has studied macaws in Peru for many years, has shown that in scarlet macaws these facial markings are individualized, like fingerprints.
    • At this rate, in a few years we won't have any macaws left in the wild.
    • Here you stand a good chance of spotting such rare birds as the chestnut-fronted macaw and red-throated caracara.
    • Chaco, Wupatki, and Aztec had imported the brightly plumed macaws.
    • Many parrots, macaws and cockatoos are also being driven close to extinction by international trade.
    • Bird watchers are drawn from all over the world in search of species such as parrots, parakeets, hyacinth macaws, and wood storks.
    • These include ostriches, macaws, toucans, flamingos, storks and cranes.
    • Like most species of parrot, great green macaws have suffered as a result of hunting and the pet trade, but their most serious problem is the loss of their habitat to agriculture.
    • Parrots could even tell the difference between film of macaws and budgies.
    • Hundreds of macaws and parrots gather at the exposed riverbanks to feed on clay, which helps the birds digest their diet of nutritious seeds.
    • ‘One of the delights of Kapawi are the parrots and macaws, and the roar of distant howler monkeys,’ says one tour operator.
    • Across the street is a place where pretty petite men in sad, grey clothing sit amidst women so colorful they are a menagerie of flamingoes and toucans and macaws.
    • Along waterways and ponds you're likely to see parrots and macaws, hawks and jabiru storks.
    • Among the 16 birds taken were Amazon and African grey parrots and macaws, along with two kittens, one rabbit and a chinchilla.
    • Manchester is one of the prime areas for thefts of birds like macaws and parrots because a lot of people keep birds as a hobby.
    • Like all parrots, military macaws like to climb.
    • Mexico is home to toucans, vultures, hummingbirds, woodpeckers, parrots, macaws, and quetzals.
    • The survey also featured 2,273 rabbits, 1,757 hamsters, 482 parrots and macaws, 233 ferrets, 81 donkeys and 47 newts and salamanders.

Origin

Early 17th century: from obsolete Portuguese macau, of unknown origin.

 
 
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