kakapo

(kä′kä pō′)

noun pl. kakapos

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

Origin: Maori < kākā, parrot + pō, night

See kakapo in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. ka·ka·pos

A ground-dwelling New Zealand parrot (Strigops habroptilus) with greenish plumage.

Origin:

Origin: Maori kākāpō

Origin: : kākā, parrot; see kaka

Origin: + pō, night (perhaps because it is active at night)

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