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kea
Kaka Ka"ka, n. [Maori kaka a parrot; -- so named from its note.] (Zo["o]l.) A New Zealand parrot of the genus Nestor, especially the brown parrot (Nestor meridionalis). Note: The mountain kaka, or kea (N. notabilis), is remarkable for having recently acquired carnivorous habits. It attacks and kills lambs and pigs, sometimes doing great damage. Night kaka. (Zo["o]l.) The kakapo.
Kea
Kea Ke"a (k[=a]"[.a]; colloq. k[=e]"[.a]), n. [Maori.] (Zo["o]l.) A large New Zealand parrot (Nestor notabilis), notorious for having acquired the habit of killing sheep; -- called also mountain parrot.

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- The kea (/ˈkiːə/ KEE-ə; Māori: [kɛ.a]; Nestor notabilis) is a species of large parrot in the family Strigopidae that is endemic to the forested and alpine...
- Look up kea in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The kea is a parrot native to New Zealand. Kea or KEA can also refer to: KEA (aircraft manufacturer), of...
- Mauna Kea (/ˌmɔːnə ˈkeɪə, ˌmaʊnə -/, Hawaiian: [ˈmɐwnə ˈkɛjə]; abbreviation for Mauna a Wākea) is a dormant shield volcano on the island of Hawaiʻi. Its...
- KEAS may refer to: Knots Equivalent Air Speed, a comparative airspeed corrected for the compressibility of air at high speed or high altitude KEAS (AM)...
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- The Kea Channel, is a p****age of water in the Aegean Sea. lying between the islands of Kea and Makronisos, just off Cape Sounion, Attica on the mainland...
- The Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO) are a group of independent astronomical research facilities and large telescope observatories that are located at the...
- Kea is an open-source DHCP server developed by the Internet Systems Consortium, authors of ISC DHCP, also known as DHCPd. Kea and ISC DHCP are both implementations...
- 50°14′13″N 5°01′30″W / 50.237°N 5.025°W / 50.237; -5.025 Old Kea (Cornish: Lanndege) is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated...
- Kea (/kiː/ KEE; Cornish: Sen Ke) is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is a "large straggling parish" in a former mining...