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||Ma*cau"co (?), n. (Zoöl.)
Any one of several species of small lemurs, as Lemur
murinus, which resembles a rat in size.

||Ma`ca*va"hu (?), n.
(Zoöl.) A small Brazilian monkey (Callithrix
torquatus), -- called also collared teetee.

Ma*caw" (?), n. [From the native name
in the Antilles.] (Zoöl.) Any parrot of the genus
Sittace, or Macrocercus. About eighteen species are
known, all of them American. They are large and have a very long
tail, a strong hooked bill, and a naked space around the eyes. The
voice is harsh, and the colors are brilliant and strongly
contrasted.

Macaw bush (Bot.), a West Indian name
for a prickly kind of nightshade (Solanum mammosum). --
Macaw palm, Macaw tree
(Bot.), a tropical American palm (Acrocomia
fusiformis and other species) having a prickly stem and pinnately
divided leaves. Its nut yields a yellow butter, with the perfume of
violets, which is used in making violet soap.


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