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macadam
Form of pavement invented by J. McAdam. McAdam's road cross-section consisted of a compacted subgrade of crushed granite or greenstone designed to support the load, covered by a surface of light stone to absorb wear and tear and shed water to the drainage ditches. In modern macadam construction, crushed stone or gravel is placed on the compacted base course and bound together with asphalt cement or hot tar. A third layer to fill the spaces is then added and rolled. Cement-sand slurry is sometimes used as the binder.


Macao
Former Portuguese territory (pop., 1996 est.: 433,000), S coast of China. It consists of a small peninsula projecting from Guangdong province and two small islands, about 40 mi (64 km) west of Hong Kong. It occupies a total land area of 6.5 sq mi (17 sq km); Macao city (pop., 1995 est.: 424,000) is the administrative center. Portuguese traders first arrived in 1513, and it soon became the chief market center for the trade between China and Japan. It was declared a Portuguese colony in 1849 and an overseas territory in 1951. In Dec. 1999 Portugal returned it to Chinese rule. Tourism and gambling are the mainstay of its economy.


macaque
Any of about 12 primarily Asian species of omnivorous, diurnal monkeys (genus Macaca) with cheek pouches for carrying food. Some species have long tails, some have short tails, and some have none. Males are 15-30 in. (40-70 cm) long (excluding the tail) and weigh 8-40 lbs (3.5-18 kg). Troops live in mountains and lowlands and along shores. Some species, incl. the rhesus monkey, are important to humans. Malays train pigtailed macaques (M. nemestrina) to pick coconuts. See also Barbary ape, bonnet monkey, Celebes black ape.


macaw
Any of about 18 species of large tropical New World parrots (subfamily Psittacinae) with very long tails and big sickle-shaped beaks. Macaws eat fruits and nuts. They are easily tamed and often kept as pets; some learn to mimic human speech, but most only screech. A few have lived 65 years. Best known is the scarlet macaw (Ara macao), found from Mexico to Brazil, a 36-in. (90-cm) bright-red bird with blue and yellow wings, blue and red tail, and white face.


Manaus
City (metro. area pop., 1995: 1,006,000), NW Brazil. Located in the heart of the Amazon rain forest, it lies along the N bank of the Negro River above its junction with the Amazon River. The first European settlement was a small fort built in 1669. The village, called Villa da Barra, became the capital of the Rio Negro captaincy general in 1809. It prospered in 1890-1920 as the world's only supplier of rubber, after which it declined. Though 1,000 mi (1,600 km) from the sea, it is again a major inland port and commercial center, having revived economically in the mid-20th cent. Notable features include botanical gardens (c.1669), an opera house, and Univ. of the Amazon.


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