Kea

Word KEA
Character 3
Hyphenation ke a
Pronunciations /kɪə/

Definitions and meanings of "Kea"

What do we mean by kea?

A brownish-green mountain-dwelling parrot (Nestor notabilis) of New Zealand with a varied diet that includes plants, insects, carrion, and garbage. noun

The sheep-killing parrot of Australia, Nestor notabilis. noun

A large New Zealand parrot (Nestor notabilis), notorious for having acquired the habit of killing sheep; -- called also mountain parrot. noun

Nestor notabilis, a parrot of New Zealand. noun

Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot noun

Nestor notabilis, a parrot of New Zealand.

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The word "kea" in example sentences

The park is also home to the world's only alpine parrot species, namely kea, as well as the endangered takahe. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Before the white man came, in fact, the kea was a mild-mannered fruit-eating or honey-sucking bird. ❋ Grant Allen (1873)

May 29th, 2009 LONDON - A British tourist was left in the lurch after a large wild parrot known as the kea stole his passport in New Zealand. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Others, like human beings and kea birds, not so much. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Whare Kea means "house of the kea" in Maori -- the kea being the world's only alpine parrot. ❋ Forbes Life Staff (2010)

I also only recently found out about what the kea can do to a sheep, and about vampire finches. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I read an articlol abowt a kea wut stole a passport from a toorist, then flied awf into teh forest. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mai fwend had hur sunglassis stoled by a kea – tehy waz on hur hed at teh tiem. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Wat impresid uz was taht teh kea tukked tehm on teh fly. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The endemic rock wren (Xenicus gilviventris) and the world's only alpine parrot, the kea (Nestor notabalis) probably evolved from lowland equivalents. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The upper slopes of the high volcanoes, Mauna kea, Mauna loa, Hualalai, and Haleakala, support shrubland habitats with species such as Chenopodium oahuense, Vaccinium reticulatum, Dubautia menziesii, and Santalum haleakalae. ❋ Unknown (2008)

(Among the odd animals you can find there is the kea, an alpine parrot.) ❋ Unknown (2008)

I think they must have been taking lessons from kea. ❋ StyleyGeek (2007)

RGS wrote, kea thank you for the link … hey did you hear that? ❋ Unknown (2007)

For instance: "Ngomhla sibuyayo kothula kuthi tu; kokhal'imbayimbayi phezulu kwentaba" and "MK kea rona, Ba boi ba tjhetjhe, Baboi batjhetjhe, Batjhetjhelle morao". ❋ Unknown (2007)

And on the subject of clever birds, I reckon New Zealanders nicknamed 'kiwis', a slow-witted, nocturnal bird would be better adopting the kea as their icon. ❋ Glenda Larke (2007)

Sang and sang-kea represent the Sanskrit sangha, constituted by at least four members, and empowered to hear confession, to grant absolution, to admit persons to holy orders, &c.; secondly, the third constituent of the ❋ Unknown (2003)

There was one kea nest that was found which the birds had started to build in 1958. ❋ Adams, Douglas, 1952- (1990)

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