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kaka

[ kah-kuh ]

noun

  1. any of several New Zealand parrots of the genus Nestor, especially N. meridionalis, having chiefly greenish and olive-brown plumage.

kaka

/ ˈkɑːkə /

noun

  1. a New Zealand parrot, Nestor meridionalis, with a long compressed bill

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Word History and Origins

Origin of kaka1

1765–75; < Maori kākā, perhaps akin to kā to screech

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Word History and Origins

Origin of kaka1

C18: from Māori, perhaps imitative of its call

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