kea

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
kea
    n 1: large brownish-green New Zealand parrot [syn: {kea},
         {Nestor notabilis}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Kaka \Ka"ka\, n. [Maori kaka a parrot; -- so named from its
   note.] (Zool.)
   A New Zealand parrot of the genus {Nestor}, especially the
   {brown parrot} ({Nestor meridionalis}).
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: The {mountain kaka}, or {kea} ({Nestor notabilis}), is
         remarkable for having recently acquired carnivorous
         habits. It attacks and kills lambs and pigs, sometimes
         doing great damage.
         [1913 Webster]

   {Night kaka}. (Zool.) The kakapo.
      [1913 Webster]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Kea \Ke"a\ (k[=a]"[.a]; colloq. k[=e]"[.a]), n. [Maori.] (Zool.)
   A large New Zealand parrot ({Nestor notabilis}), notorious
   for having acquired the habit of killing sheep; -- called
   also {mountain parrot}.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.] kebab
    

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