maori hen

Māori hen

n (Animals) NZ another name for weka

Thesaurus

Noun

1.maori hen - flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fightingweka, wood henrail - any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mudGallirallus, genus Gallirallus - rails of New Zealand