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26 words match “CAW”

MACAO n.
A macaw.
MARACAN n.
A macaw.
MISFIT n.
Something that fits badly, as a garment. I saw an uneasy change in Mr. Micawber, which sat tightly on him, as if his new duties were a misfit. Dickens.
MISS n.
ss of sixteen. Gay vanity, with smiles and kisses, Was busy 'mongst the maids and misses. Cawthorn.
PARROT n.
ionus, and other genera of the family Psittacidæ, as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories. They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako (P. erithacus) of Africa (see Jako), and the species of Amazon, or green, parrots (Chrysotis) of America, ar…
SLOAKAN n.
A species of seaweed. [Spelled also slowcawn.] See 3d Laver.
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