kakapo en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɑːkəpəʊ/
Etymology
Etymology tree Māori kāredup. Māori kākā Proto-Polynesian *po Māori pō Māori kākāpōbor. English kakapo Borrowed from Māori kākāpō.
Meanings
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A large flightless parrot, Strigops habroptilus, with greenish plumage, that is nocturnal and native to New Zealand.
Analyses of the DNA fragments preserved in the moa and kakapo coprolites showed that moa and kakapo fed on fungi.
2018 April 4, Hanneke Meijer, “On fossil poo and picky eaters: a new study sheds light on New Zealand's past ecosystem”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2018:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| kakapo | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| kakapos | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
owl parrot (Synonym)
Translations (23)
pl kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) · fa کاکاپو (Strigops habroptilus) · ru какапо́ (Strigops habroptilus) · it cacapò (Strigops habroptilus) · mi kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus) · nl kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) · fi kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) · pt cácapo (Strigops habroptilus) · hu kakapó (Strigops habroptilus) · fr strigops kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) · de Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) · ka კაკაპო (Strigops habroptilus) · ja カカポ (Strigops habroptilus) · et kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) · zh 鸮鹦鹉 (Strigops habroptilus) · ko 카카포 (Strigops habroptilus) · zh 鴞鸚鵡 /鸮鹦鹉 (Strigops habroptilus) · it kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) · ru сови́ный попуга́й (Strigops habroptilus) · ja 梟鸚鵡 (Strigops habroptilus) · es kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) · el κακάπο (Strigops habroptilus) · ca kàkapo (Strigops habroptilus)