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: any of numerous parrots (especially genus Ara) of South and Central America including some of the largest and showiest of parrots
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The macaws close to the parking lot were raucous and talkative and the gibbons further in the park were loudly singing.
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The Indianapolis Star, 8 Apr. 2024
The macaw arrives in Zora’s London townhouse at the appropriate time.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2024
This means that the film’s human story, where its interests should more properly lie, winds up feeling shortchanged in the face of so much focus on the macabre macaw of death.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
Death is a scruffy, dingy-looking macaw who lives a miserable existence.
—Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 10 June 2024
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The Indianapolis Star, 8 Apr. 2024
The macaw arrives in Zora’s London townhouse at the appropriate time.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2024
This means that the film’s human story, where its interests should more properly lie, winds up feeling shortchanged in the face of so much focus on the macabre macaw of death.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
Death is a scruffy, dingy-looking macaw who lives a miserable existence.
—Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 10 June 2024
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macaw
noun
ma·caw
mə-ˈkȯ 
: any of numerous parrots of South and Central America that have a long tail, a harsh voice, and bright feathers
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