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How to pronounce weka in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms maori hen, wood hen
Type of rail

Examples of weka

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The author shows a weka looking for a handout that he has nothing tasty to offer.
From the washingtonpost.com
Heka the weka and Reka the weka are on the road to Tuapeka in a double-decker.
From the odt.co.nz
We also saw herons, weka, pukekos, oyster-catchers and a pair of fetching shelducks.
From the nzherald.co.nz
A weka takes up to 18 hours, and a possum up to 97 hours to die.
From the scoop.co.nz
All events are open to the public as well as WEKA members.
From the thenewstribune.com
For the WEKA conference, local restorer Michael Reiter is bringing a 1789 Broadwood and an 1846 Streicher.
From the thenewstribune.com
The facts of the covert weka-smuggling operations are hazy.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Some islands had to be rehabilitated several times when feral cats, stoats and weka kept appearing.
From the en.wikipedia.org
He shares the vision of kiwi, weka, kaka and kakariki thriving, even on highly populated islands like Waiheke.
From the nzherald.co.nz
More examples
  • Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting
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  • The Weka or woodhen (Gallirallus australis) is a flightless bird species of the rail family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where four subspecies are recognized. Weka are sturdy brown birds, about the size of a chicken. As omnivores, they feed mainly on invertebrates and fruit. ...
  • Weka (Waikato Environment for Knowledge Analysis) is a popular suite of machine learning software written in Java, developed at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. WEKA is free software available under the GNU General Public License.
  • The Maori hen, a rail as large as a pullet.
  • To be in control of the opponent's game