'Nestor notabilis' definitions:
Definition of 'Nestor notabilis'
(from WordNet)
noun
Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot [syn: kea, Nestor notabilis]
Definition of 'Nestor notabilis'
From: GCIDE
- Kaka \Ka"ka\, n. [Maori kaka a parrot; -- so named from its note.] (Zool.) A New Zealand parrot of the genus Nestor, especially the brown parrot (Nestor meridionalis). [1913 Webster]
- Note: The mountain kaka, or kea (Nestor notabilis), is remarkable for having recently acquired carnivorous habits. It attacks and kills lambs and pigs, sometimes doing great damage. [1913 Webster]
- Night kaka. (Zool.) The kakapo. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Nestor notabilis'
From: GCIDE
- Kea \Ke"a\ (k[=a]"[.a]; colloq. k[=e]"[.a]), n. [Maori.] (Zool.) A large New Zealand parrot (Nestor notabilis), notorious for having acquired the habit of killing sheep; -- called also mountain parrot. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] kebab