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kākāpō

1. (noun) kākāpō, ground parrot, Strigops habroptilus - rare, large, green endemic parrot that is nocturnal and flightless. Now found only on islands off Stewart Island.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 13;)

Ko te kākāpō he manu nō te orokio, ā, e noho ana i roto i te rua, i ngā pukepuke rarauhe, he mea nanao i reira (TW 11/9/1875:211). / The kākāpō is a night bird, and lives in holes in the earth, on the bracken fern covered hills, where they are captured.

kakapō

1. (adjective) Applied to timber of tōtara that is in the state termed dozy by bushmen; inferior wood, not solid, full of small holes.

pāhau kākāpō

1. (noun) Dawsonia superba - a large moss, growing to 60 cm in height. It is the tallest moss in the world.

karu kakapo

1. (noun) stroboscope.

kanohi kākāpō

1. (adjective) short-sighted.

Synonyms: kanohi hōmiromiro

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