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Webster 1913 Edition


Kaka

Ka′ka

,
Noun.
[Maori
kaka
a parrot; – so named from its note.]
(Zool.)
A New Zealand parrot of the genus
Nestor
, especially the
brown parrot
(
Nestor meridionalis
).
☞ 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.
Night kaka
.
(Zool.)
The kakapo.

Definition 2024


kāka

kāka

See also: kaka, kAkA, káka, kakā, käka, kaķa, and kākā

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

kāka m

  1. crow

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