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macaw

N นกแก้ว หาง ยาว สีสัน สวยงาม  nok-kao-hang-yao-se-san-suai-ngam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MACAW, MACAO

n.The name of a race of beautiful fowls of the parrot kind, under the genus Psittacus.

 

MACAW-TREE

n.A species of palm tree.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MACAW

MACAW Ma *caw ", n. [From the native name in the Antilles. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any parrot of the genus Sittace, or Macrocercus. About eighteen species are known, all of them American. They are large and have a very long tail, a strong hooked bill, and a naked space around the eyes. The voice is harsh, and the colors are brilliant and strongly contrasted.

 

Macaw bush (Bot. ), a West Indian name for a prickly kind of nightshade (Solanum mammosum ). --Macaw palm, Macaw tree (Bot. ), a tropical American palm (Acrocomia fusiformis and other species ) having a prickly stem and pinnately divided leaves. Its nut yields a yellow butter, with the perfume of violets, which is used in making violet soap. Called also grugru palm.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

macaw

ma caw |məˈkô məˈkɔ | noun a large long-tailed parrot with brightly colored plumage, native to Central and South America. [Ara and related genera, family Psittacidae: several species. ] ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Portuguese macao, of unknown origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

macaw

macaw |məˈkɔː | noun a large long-tailed parrot with brightly coloured plumage, native to Central and South America. Ara and related genera: family Psittacidae: several species. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from obsolete Portuguese macau, of unknown origin.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

macaw

ma caw /məkɔ́ː /名詞 C 〘鳥 〙コンゴウインコ .