Kea

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 [gcide]:

  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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  kea
       n : large brownish-green New Zealand parrot [syn: {Nestor
           notabilis}]