weka

n. 新西兰短翼秧鸡

词形变化

wekas 复数 wekas

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The Lord Howe woodhen or woodhen, a flightless bird of New Zealand.

    新西兰

    […] riroriros would be twittering overhead, with a shy weka peeping round a tree trunk. Wekas were very common then; they were our weather forecasters. Before rain their calls were always louder and repeated more frequently.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

Maori hen woodhen

上位词 1

rail

词源

From Māori weka.

来源：wiktionary