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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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This includes providing care for lions, tigers, gibbons, macaws, chimpanzees, parrots, goats, sheep, rabbits and reptiles, among other creatures.
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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
The fantastical element is Death, who comes to release Tuesday from her suffering in the form of a talking macaw that can alter its size at will.
—Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
An echo of chattering macaws cracks through the rattle of the cicadas.
—Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2023
The art is in the otherworldly magic within the pictures—the majesty of a wolf’s face, the grace of swans on a lake, the bold colors of red-and-green macaws, the pose of a porcupine, the embrace of a tiger.
—Kayla Randall, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
The fantastical element is Death, who comes to release Tuesday from her suffering in the form of a talking macaw that can alter its size at will.
—Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
An echo of chattering macaws cracks through the rattle of the cicadas.
—Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2023
The art is in the otherworldly magic within the pictures—the majesty of a wolf’s face, the grace of swans on a lake, the bold colors of red-and-green macaws, the pose of a porcupine, the embrace of a tiger.
—Kayla Randall, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Macaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/macaw. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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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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