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| we·ka [ wkə, wáykə ] (plural we·kas) |
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flightless New Zealand bird: a fast-running flightless bird of the rail family with mainly brown and black feathers. Native to: scrubland and forest margins of New Zealand. Latin name Gallirallus australis.
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| [Mid-19th century. < Maori, an imitation of bird's call] |
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