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Research Results For 'Macaw'

MACAW

Macaw is the popular name for any parrot of the genus Sittace, or Macrocercus. There are about eighteen species known, all of them American. They are large birds with a very long tail, a strong hooked bill, and a naked space around the eyes. The voice is harsh, and they are brightly coloured in strongly contrasting colours.
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MACAW TREE

The Macaw tree or Gru-Gru (Acrocomiasclerocarpa) is a palm tree native to South America and The West Indies. It bears pinnate leaves, four metres or more in length, and its fruit yields an oil largely imported into Britain as palm oil, used in soap manufacture.
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KINICH KAKMO

In Maya mythology, Kinich Kakmo is the sun god symbolised by the Macaw.
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