weka

/wey-kuh, wee-/US // ˈweɪ kə, ˈwi- //UK // (ˈweɪkə, ˈwiːkə) //

纬度,纬纱,纬线,纬来

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any of several large, flightless New Zealand rails of the genus Gallirallus.

Soon there will be a rustle, then a rush, and another furious weka will attack the decoy.
He now had a collection of eggs of all birds which nest on the island, with the exception of the weka and the tern.
I looked round, and there was a weka bent on thoroughly investigating the intruder into its domain.
Brisk, too, blundered after them, but I had no fear of his destroying the charm of the day by taking even a weka's life.
During the day these blankets were always hung outside on a tree, out of the reach of the most investigating weka.