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maccaw

maccaw is the obsolete form of macaw.

Meaning of macaw

Noun

macaw (plural macaws)

  1. Any of various parrots of the genera Ara, Anodorhynchus, Cyanopsitta, Orthopsittaca, Primolius and Diopsittaca of Central and South America, including the largest parrots and characterized by long sabre-shaped tails, curved powerful bills, and usually brilliant plumage.

Proper noun capitalized: MacCaw

MacCaw

  1. A surname

Forms of maccaw

pluralmaccaws

Questions about maccaw

What does maccaw mean?
Maccaw means a surname.
What is maccaw the obsolete form of?
Maccaw is the obsolete form of macaw.
What part of speech is maccaw?
Maccaw is a proper noun.

Words near maccaw in the dictionary

  1. maccaronis
  2. maccaronism
  3. maccarons
  4. Maccas
  5. MacCauley
  6. maccaw
  7. MacCawley
  8. maccaws
  9. maccha
  10. maccheroni
  11. macchi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: maccaw (page history and authors); MacCaw (page history and authors); macaw (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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