mountain parrot

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mountain parrot - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Kea \Ke"a\ (k[=a]"[.a]; colloq. k[=e]"[.a]), n. [Maori.] (Zool.)
     A large New Zealand parrot (Nestor notabilis), notorious
     for having acquired the habit of killing sheep; -- called
     also mountain parrot.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.] kebab