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weka (wā′kä, wē′kə)

noun

any of a genus (Gallirallus) of large flightless rails of New Zealand

Etymology: Maori < Proto-Polynesian *weka, a bird species

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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