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Nestor
Nes′tor
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rop.
Noun.
(Zool.)
A genus of parrots with gray heads, of New Zealand and Papua, allied to the cockatoos. See
Kaka
. Definition 2025
Nestor
Nestor
See also: nestor
Translingual
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɛstər/
Proper noun
Nestor m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Strigopidae – the kea and kaka.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Psittaciformes - ordes; Strigopoidea - superfamily; Nestoridae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Nestor meridionalis, Nestor notabilis, †Nestor productus - species
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276
nestor
nestor
See also: Nestor
Finnish
Noun
nestor
- doyen (the senior, or eldest male member of a group)
Declension
| Inflection of nestor (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nestor | nestorit | |
| genitive | nestorin | nestorien | |
| partitive | nestoria | nestoreja | |
| illative | nestoriin | nestoreihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | nestor | nestorit | |
| accusative | nom. | nestor | nestorit |
| gen. | nestorin | ||
| genitive | nestorin | nestorien | |
| partitive | nestoria | nestoreja | |
| inessive | nestorissa | nestoreissa | |
| elative | nestorista | nestoreista | |
| illative | nestoriin | nestoreihin | |
| adessive | nestorilla | nestoreilla | |
| ablative | nestorilta | nestoreilta | |
| allative | nestorille | nestoreille | |
| essive | nestorina | nestoreina | |
| translative | nestoriksi | nestoreiksi | |
| instructive | — | nestorein | |
| abessive | nestoritta | nestoreitta | |
| comitative | — | nestoreineen | |