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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kaka \Ka"ka\, n. [Maori kaka a parrot; -- so named from its
note.] (Zo["o]l.)
A New Zealand parrot of the genus {Nestor}, especially the
{brown parrot} ({Nestor meridionalis}).
Note: The {mountain kaka}, or {kea} ({N. notabilis}), is
remarkable for having recently acquired carnivorous
habits. It attacks and kills lambs and pigs, sometimes
doing great damage.
{Night kaka}. (Zo["o]l.) The kakapo.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kea \Ke"a\ (k[=a]"[.a]; colloq. k[=e]"[.a]), n. [Maori.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A large New Zealand parrot ({Nestor notabilis}), notorious
for having acquired the habit of killing sheep; -- called
also {mountain parrot}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
kea
n : large brownish-green New Zealand parrot [syn: {Nestor
notabilis}]
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