ke|a

ke|a «KAY uh, KEE-», noun.

a large parrot of New Zealand, olive-green in color with red under its wings, having a powerful, hooked bill which it uses to dig out insects and root for food; mountain nestor. It occasionally kills sheep by tearing at their backs to eat the fat around the kidneys.

╂[< Maori kea; imitative of the bird's cry]