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Kaka (medicine) and ochre (iou)


Kaka (medicine)


kaka
<zoology> A New Zealand parrot of the genus Nestor, especially the brown parrot (Nestor meridionalis).

The mountain kaka, or kea (N. Notabilis), is remarkable for having recently acquired carnivorous habits. It attacks and kills lambs and pigs, sometimes doing great damage. Night kaka.

<zoology> The kakapo.

Origin: Maori kaka a parrot; so named from its note.

Source: Websters Dictionary


ochre (iou)



ochre noun, adjective, & verb. Also *ocher. ME.
[Old & mod. French ocre from Latin ochra from Greek okhra from okhros pale yellow, paleness.]
A. noun.
Any of various earthy pigments containing a mixture of hydrated iron oxides, freq. with some proportion of clay, and varying in colour from yellow to deep orange-red or brown; the colour of any of these, esp. a light brownish yellow; any pigment of this colour. ME.
brown ochre, burnt ochre, Oxford ochre, red ochre, white ochre, yellow ochre, etc.
Time Sunflower colors change..burnished gold, burnt lemon, dusty ocher and pumpkin orange.
With specifying word: any of various earthy oxides of metals Other than iron. M19.
antimony ochre, chrome ochre, tungsten ochre, etc.
Money (with ref. to the colour of gold coin). slang. M19.
Genetics. The nonsense codon UAA; a mutant fragment of genetic material containing this. M20.
b. adjective. Of the colour of ochre, esp. light brownish yellow. L16.
L. Grant-Adamson The South of France was a sepia print: ochre valleys gouged from brown mountains.
C. verb trans. Pres. pple & verbal noun ochreing. Colour, mark, or rub with ochre. Chiefly as ochred ppl adjective. E17.
ochreish adjective = OCHREOUS M19.