See Nestor on Wiktionary
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"Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
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"mul:Taxonomic names (genus)"
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"glosses": [
"A taxonomic genus within the family Strigopidae – kea and kaka."
],
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],
"word": "Nestor"
}
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