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kakapo definition

ka·kapo (kä′kä pō′)

noun pl. kakapos -·pos′

a rare, owl-like, burrowing parrot (Strigops habroptilus) of New Zealand having a green body with brown and yellow markings

Etymology: Maori < kākā, parrot + pō, night

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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