Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Kea \Ke"a\ (k[=a]"[.a]; colloq. k[=e]"[.a]), n. [Maori.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   A large New Zealand parrot ({Nestor notabilis}), notorious
   for having acquired the habit of killing sheep; -- called
   also {mountain parrot}.