kakan.
/ˈkɑːkɑː/, /ˈkɑːkə/, U.S. /ˈkɑkə/ A New Zealand parrot of the genus Nestor, esp. the typical species Nestor meridionalis; its general colour is olive-brown, varied with red or yellow.
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c1774 J. R. Forster (Newton) Kagháá.
1835 W. Yate Acct. of N.Z. 54 Kaka,—a bird of the parrot kind; much larger than any other New Zealand parrot.
1873 W. L. Buller Birds N. Zeal. (1888) I. 24 The existence..of a species of Kaka Parrot (Nestor productus) on Philip Island.
1884 T. Bracken Lays of Maori 38 I heard mocking Kakas wail and cry above thy corse.
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kaka-beak n. ‘a New Zealand plant, the Clianthus, so called from the supposed resemblance of the flower to the bill of the Kaka’ (Morris Austral Eng. 1898).
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1892 Otago Witness (Dunedin, N.Z.) 24 Nov. The Clianthus puniceus or scarlet glory pea of New Zealand, locally known as kaka beak.
kaka-bill n. = kaka-beak n.
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