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ARA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Macaws

Synonyms:

Ara; genus Ara

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Ara" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Ara"):

macaw (long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America; among the largest and showiest of parrots)

Holonyms ("Ara" is a member of...):

family Psittacidae; Psittacidae (coextensive with the order Psittaciformes)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)

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