kakapo
Americannoun
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kakapos
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of kakapo
1835–45; < Maori kākāpō ( kākā kaka + pō night)
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Campaign managers for other birds called foul, calling on New Zealanders to get involved and vote for other birds including the kakapo parrot and the national bird, the kiwi.
From Reuters ● Nov. 15, 2023
Behind them was a kakapo — a large, flightless parrot — which was last year’s champion.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2021
People fall in love with kakapo when they know them.
From Nature ● Apr. 20, 2020
The DOC also has an "advocacy" kakapo, named Sirocco, who tours the country and was named Official Spokesbird for Conservation by then-Prime Minister John Key in 2010.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2019
Her laugh turns into a cry and I am up in the air finally, but I’m not a kakapo anymore.
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
Until the 1970s, kakapos were thought to be extinct until a group was discovered on Stewart Island, south of the country's South Island.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2019
With so much fruit, many female kakapos have bred earlier and, in some cases, laid two clutches of eggs.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2019
There are a little more than a hundred kakapos left on Earth.
From National Geographic
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