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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A brownish-green mountain-dwelling New Zealand parrot (Nestor notabilis) that usually eats insects but sometimes feeds on carrion and rubbish.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The sheep-killing parrot of Australia, Nestor notabilis.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Nestor notabilis, a parrot of New Zealand.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Zoöl.) A large New Zealand parrot (Nestor notabilis), notorious for having acquired the habit of killing sheep; -- called also mountain parrot.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. large brownish-green New Zealand parrot

Etymologies

  1. Maori kea (Wiktionary)
  2. Maori, perhaps imitative of its call. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • reesetee 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. Feb 11, 2007

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