hyacinthine macaw

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hyacinthine macaw - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Macaw \Ma*caw"\, n. [From the native name in the Antilles.]
     (Zool.)
     Any parrot of the genus Ara, Sittace, or Macrocercus.
     About eighteen species are known, all of them found in
     Central and South America. 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; they are among the largest and showiest
     of parrots. Different species names have been given to the
     same macaw, as for example the Hyacinthine macaw, which has
     been variously classified as Anodorhyncus hyacynthinus,
     Anodorhyncus maximiliani, and Macrocercus hyacynthinus.
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     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.
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