MACAW
What does "MACAW" mean?
A large, long-tailed, brightly coloured parrot native to the Americas.
Meanings
- Any of several large New World parrots with vivid plumage, long tails, and powerful beaks. A scarlet macaw shrieked across the rainforest canopy.
Did you know?
- Big macaws are decades-long companions: a blue-and-yellow macaw can live 50 years or more, so a bird adopted by a 30-year-old may outlive its first owner.
- A macaw's beak generates enough force to crack open hard nuts and seeds that humans would need a hammer or vice to break.
Word origin
From Portuguese 'macau', probably borrowed from a Tupi or other indigenous Brazilian language; the bird is native to Central and South America.
Remember it
MACAW sounds like its raucous call - a loud 'ma-CAW!' echoing through the jungle.
A little poem
Scarlet, gold, and blue-
the jungle hurls one loud bird
across the green hush.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why did the macaw bring a ladder to the rainforest? It heard the highest perches had the best squawk-views.
What it teaches
The loudest, most colourful in the canopy is also the one most easily spotted; brilliance and exposure come together.
Quick facts
What does MACAW mean?
A large, long-tailed, brightly coloured parrot native to the Americas.
Is MACAW a valid word?
Yes — MACAW is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is MACAW?
MACAW has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does MACAW come from?
From Portuguese 'macau', probably borrowed from a Tupi or other indigenous Brazilian language; the bird is native to Central and South America.
What can MACAW teach us?
The loudest, most colourful in the canopy is also the one most easily spotted; brilliance and exposure come together.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.