blue-and-gold macaw

noun

variants or less commonly blue-and-yellow macaw

: a large macaw (Ara ararauna) of Central and South America that has blue upperparts, golden-yellow underparts, a greenish-blue forehead, and a black bib below the bill

The more expensive birds in the store, like the $1,500 blue-and-gold macaw, are more valuable because of their bright color, size, ability to talk and pleasant disposition …

—S. R. Carroll, Chicago Tribune, 3 Dec. 1989

Word History

First Known Use

1792, in the meaning defined above

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