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kaka

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ka·ka  (käk)
n.
A brownish-green New Zealand parrot (Nestor meridionalis).
[Maori kk, from Proto-Polynesian *kk, from reduplication of *k, to screech.]
kaka [ˈkɑːkə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a New Zealand parrot, Nestor meridionalis, with a long compressed bill
[from Maori, perhaps imitative of its call]


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