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Definition of Nestor notabilis
1. Noun. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nestor Notabilis
Literary usage of Nestor notabilis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"WL Buller, ' Birds of New Zealand," vol. ip 166 : " Nestor notabilis, Gould,
Kea-parrot, Mountain-parrot of the Colonists." " The Kea picks the fat which ..."
2. Handbook to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1865)
"Nestor notabilis, Gould, Birds of Australia, fol., Supplement, pL It must be
remembered that we are indebted to Mr. Walter Mantell for the acquisition of a ..."
3. The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary by Edward Tregear (1891)
"3. A scrofulous swelling of the neck. 4. A turnip. 6. The Mountain Parrot (Orn.
Nestor notabilis) ; also kou. KEHE, the name of a fish. KEHO, sandstone. ..."
4. New Zealand by James Cowan (1908)
"... (Nestor notabilis). The kea is a true mountaineer, and its screams are heard
high on the storm-swept heights and in the regions of perpetual snow and ..."