kaka

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(kä′kə)

noun

a brownish New Zealand parrot (Nestor meridionalis) often kept as a pet

Origin: Maori kākā < kā, to screech

See kaka in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A brownish-green New Zealand parrot (Nestor meridionalis).

Origin:

Origin: Maori kākā

Origin: , from Proto-Polynesian *kākā

Origin: , from reduplication of *kā, to screech

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