macaw

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

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

From Portuguese macau, of unknown origin. English sources point to Nheengatu makawana, which is only attested from the 20th century onwards.

Children scarce stirring yet, but baby and the Macaw beginning their Macaw notes. — The Journal of Sir Walter Scott: From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford, Walter Scott
Jacko is a bird called a Macaw, and has fine feathers--scarlet and yellow and blue. — Chatterbox Stories of Natural History, Anonymous
[70] The Boro men on festive occasions also stick these long macaw feathers into their arm-ligatures. — The North-West Amazons: Notes of some months spent among cannibal tribes, Thomas Whiffen

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