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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A brownish-green mountain-dwelling parrot (Nestor notabilis) of New Zealand with a varied diet that includes plants, insects, carrion, and garbage.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The sheep-killing parrot of Australia, Nestor notabilis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A large New Zealand parrot (
Nestor notabilis ), notorious for having acquired the habit of killing sheep; -- called alsomountain parrot .
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- noun
Nestor notabilis , a parrot of New Zealand.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large brownish-green New Zealand parrot
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The park is also home to the world's only alpine parrot species, namely kea, as well as the endangered takahe.
Te Wahipounamu (South-West New Zealand World Heritage Area), New Zealand 2008
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Before the white man came, in fact, the kea was a mild-mannered fruit-eating or honey-sucking bird.
Science in Arcady Grant Allen 1873
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May 29th, 2009 LONDON - A British tourist was left in the lurch after a large wild parrot known as the kea stole his passport in New Zealand.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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Whare Kea means "house of the kea" in Maori -- the kea being the world's only alpine parrot.
Dream Hideaways: The World's Top Microboutique Hotels Forbes Life Staff 2010
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Others, like human beings and kea birds, not so much.
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I also only recently found out about what the kea can do to a sheep, and about vampire finches.
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Mai fwend had hur sunglassis stoled by a kea – tehy waz on hur hed at teh tiem.
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I read an articlol abowt a kea wut stole a passport from a toorist, then flied awf into teh forest.
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Wat impresid uz was taht teh kea tukked tehm on teh fly.
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The endemic rock wren (Xenicus gilviventris) and the world's only alpine parrot, the kea (Nestor notabalis) probably evolved from lowland equivalents.
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reesetee commented on the word kea
A large, stocky, dull-colored parrot native to New Zealand. Male has a long upper bill. Lives in forest or open country and lives on fruit, leaves, insects, or carrion; it also scavenges on refuse dumps. Nests in a hole.
February 11, 2007