macaw

«macaw» in Mova's school dictionary: a large parrot with a long tail, a strong curved beak and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a macaw, macaws)

meaning for a pupil

A macaw is a large parrot with a long tail, a strong curved beak and very bright feathers, such as red, blue, yellow and green, from the rainforests of Central and South America. tree →

sense in the lessons

In rainforest lessons macaws show the canopy layer: they crack hard nuts with their beaks, eat clay from riverbanks, and live in pairs that stay together for life. Many are endangered because of forest loss and the illegal pet trade. They can copy sounds and some words. Phrases: «scarlet macaw», «blue-and-gold macaw», «hyacinth macaw».

examples

• A scarlet macaw flew over the rainforest canopy. tree →
• Macaws crack hard nuts with their strong beaks. tree →
• The macaw at the zoo said «hello» to us. tree →
• Hyacinth macaws are the biggest parrots that can fly. tree →
• Macaw pairs often stay together for life. tree →
• Many macaws are taken illegally from the wild to be sold as pets. tree →
• The macaw's feathers were red, yellow and blue. tree →

note

Plural «macaws». Say ma-KAW. A macaw is a kind of parrot; not all parrots are macaws.

In the corpora

• Big parrots such as macaws and cockatoos can live over sixty years, so a pet parrot may outlive its owner.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «macaw» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.