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aracanga

aracanga noun: the scarlet macaw.

Noun

aracanga (plural aracangas)

  1. The scarlet macaw.
    • ARACANGA, in Ornithology, a ſpecies of Psittacus, or parrot, in the Linnæan ſyſtem; the Aracanga of Marcgrave, the Aracanga Maccaw of Willughby, Ara Jamaicenſis of Briſſon, Petit Ara rouge of Buffon, Jamaica Maccaw of Albinus and Brown, red and yellow Maccaw of Bancroft and Latham. It is of a pale...1819, Abraham Rees, editor, The Cyclopædia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature, volume II, London: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, […]
    • Aracanga Maccaw (M. Aracanga). This species bears considerable resemblance to the last-mentioned; and the two have sometimes been confounded with each other under the common name of red and blue maccaw.1837, Charles F[rederick] Partington, editor, The British Cyclopædia of Natural History: Combining a Scientific Classification of Animals, Plants, and Minerals; with a Popular View of Their Habits...

Forms of aracanga

pluralaracangas

Origin of aracanga

Borrowed from New Latin, erroneously for araracanga, borrowed from Old Tupi ararakanga.

Questions about aracanga

What does aracanga mean?
Aracanga means the scarlet macaw.
What part of speech is aracanga?
Aracanga is a noun.
What is the plural of aracanga?
The plural of aracanga is aracangas.

Words near aracanga in the dictionary

  1. araca
  2. araca-boi
  3. Aracaju
  4. Aracan
  5. Aracanese
  6. aracanga
  7. aracangas
  8. aracanid
  9. aracanids
  10. aracari
  11. aracaris

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