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Definition of weka in English: wekanoun ˈwɛkəˈwekə A large flightless New Zealand rail with heavily built legs and feet. Gallirallus australis, family Rallidae Example sentencesExamples - I see a weka, the most common of the flightless ones, out by day whereas kiwis walk by night.
- Gangly yet beautifully coloured with its bright indigo feathers, glossy black wings, and vivid red beak and legs, the pukeko is a member of the same family as the weka.
- We shifted inland a bit to a little farmlet and at that time there were weka everywhere in Gisborne.
- Ornithologists on an expedition to the Calayan Island in the Babuyan Islands in the Philippines have discovered a rare near-flightless rail, related to New Zealand's weka.
- Bellbird, yellow-breasted tit, fantail, grey warbler and silvereye were common in all the forests and weka and robins were found in some areas.
Origin Mid 19th century: from Maori, imitative of its cry. Rhymes Becker, checker, Cheka, chequer, Dekker, exchequer, Flecker, mecca, Neckar, Necker, Quebecker, Rebecca, Rijeka, trekker, wrecker Definition of weka in US English: wekanounˈwekə A large flightless New Zealand rail with heavily built legs and feet. Gallirallus australis, family Rallidae Example sentencesExamples - Gangly yet beautifully coloured with its bright indigo feathers, glossy black wings, and vivid red beak and legs, the pukeko is a member of the same family as the weka.
- I see a weka, the most common of the flightless ones, out by day whereas kiwis walk by night.
- We shifted inland a bit to a little farmlet and at that time there were weka everywhere in Gisborne.
- Bellbird, yellow-breasted tit, fantail, grey warbler and silvereye were common in all the forests and weka and robins were found in some areas.
- Ornithologists on an expedition to the Calayan Island in the Babuyan Islands in the Philippines have discovered a rare near-flightless rail, related to New Zealand's weka.
Origin Mid 19th century: from Maori, imitative of its cry. |