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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting [syn: weka, maori hen, wood hen]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Maori Date: 1845 a flightless New Zealand rail (Gallirallus australis)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. any flightless New Zealand rail of the genus Gallirallus. Etymology: Maori: imit. of its cry

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Weka We"ka, n. (Zo["o]l.) A New Zealand rail (Ocydromus australis) which has wings so short as to be incapable of flight.

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