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‖ kaka|ˈkɑːkɑː|
Also 8 kagháá.
[Maori.]
A New Zealand parrot of the genus Nestor, esp. the typical species Nestor meridionalis; its general colour is olive-brown, varied with red or yellow.
c1774J. R. Forster (Newton) Kagháá. 1835W. Yate Acc. N. Zeal. 54 (Morris) Kaka,—a bird of the parrot kind; much larger than any other New Zealand parrot. 1873W. L. Buller Birds N. Zeal. (1888) I. 24 The existence..of a species of Kaka Parrot (Nestor productus) on Philip Island. 1884Bracken Lays Maori 38, I heard mocking Kakas wail and cry above thy corse.
b. kaka-beak, -bill, ‘a New Zealand plant, the Clianthus, so called from the supposed resemblance of the flower to the bill of the Kaka’ (Morris Austral Eng. 1898).
1892Otago Witness 24 Nov. (Morris) The Clianthus puniceus or scarlet glory pea of New Zealand, locally known as kaka beak. |