WEKA

Meaning of WEKA in English

[ 'wɛkə ]

■ noun a large flightless New Zealand rail. [ Gallirallus australis .]

Origin

C19: from Maori, imitative of its cry.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

WEKA — noun Etymology: Maori Date: 1845 a flightless New Zealand rail ( Gallirallus australis )
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WEKA — ˈwekə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Maori : any of several flightless New Zealand rails (genus Gallirallus, syn. Ocydromus ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WEKA — (n.) A New Zealand rail (Ocydromus australis) which has wings so short as to be incapable of flight.
Английский словарь Webster
WEKA — ( n. ) A New Zealand rail (Ocydromus australis) which has wings so short as to be incapable of flight.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WEKA — /way"keuh, wee"-/ , n. any of several large, flightless New Zealand rails of the genus Gallirallus. [ 1835-45; ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WEKA — noun Etymology: Maori Date: 1845 : a flightless New Zealand rail ( Gallirallus australis )
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WEKA — noun a new zealand rail (ocydromus australis) which has wings so short as to be incapable of flight.
Webster English vocab
WEKA — [weka] n [Maori] (1845): a flightless New Zealand rail (Gallirallus australis)
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WEKA — n. any flightless New Zealand rail of the genus Gallirallus. [Maori: imit. of its cry]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WEKA — n. any flightless New Zealand rail of the genus Gallirallus. [ Maori: imit. of its cry ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WEKA — n. any flightless New Zealand rail of the genus Gallirallus. Etymology: Maori: imit. of its cry
Oxford English vocab
WEKA — орнит. новозеландский пастушок уэка (Gallirallus australis)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
WEKA — орнит. новозеландский пастушок уэка ( Gallirallus australis )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
WEKA — n. Pronunciation: ' we-k ə Function: noun Etymology: Maori Date: 1845 : a flightless New Zealand rail ( Gallirallus australis …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WEKA RAIL — пастушок-уэка (Gallirallus australis)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
WEKA RAIL — пастушок-уэка ( Gallirallus australis )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
MAORI HEN — noun see weka
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WOOD HEN — noun Etymology: Middle English wodehen, from wode wood + hen 1. : woodcock 1a(2) 2. : weka
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MAORI HEN — noun Usage: usually capitalized M : weka
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KELP HEN — noun : a weka of South Island of New Zealand that feeds on marine animals and prob. represents a dark …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIRD
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
GALLIRALLUS AUSTRALIS — Weka
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
GALLIRALLUS AUSTRALIS HECTORI — EASTERN WEKA
Ornitho-Birds English vocab
GALLIRALLUS AUSTRALIS GREYI — WEKA
Ornitho-Birds English vocab
GALLIRALLUS AUSTRALIS AUSTRALIS — WEKA
Ornitho-Birds English vocab
GALLIRALLUS AUSTRALIS — Weka
Ornitho-Birds English vocab
RAIL — орнит. пастушок (Rallus); pl пастушковые (Rallidae) - bare-eyed rail - Bensch's rail - black rail - chestnut-bellied rail - chestnut-headed rail - clapper rail - dotted rail - gray-throated …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
RAIL — орнит. пастушок ( Rallus ) ; pl пастушковые ( Rallidae ) - bare-eyed rail - Bensch's rail - black rail …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
ПАСТУШОК-УЭКА — (Gallirallus australis) weka rail
Новый Русско-Английский биологический словарь
НОВОЗЕЛАНДСКИЙ ПАСТУШОК УЭКА — орнит. (Gallirallus australis) weka
Новый Русско-Английский биологический словарь

Concise Oxford English vocab

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