1) a ceremonially unclean bird 1a) perhaps pelican or cormorant 1b) perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H6958 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1976
Brown-Driver-Briggs
קָאַת, קָאָתnoun [feminine] a bird, usually pelican (compare ᵐ5 Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Psalms, ᵑ9 Psalms (derived by Thes from [קוא], קיא (see Köii. 1, 173, and, on ת, Ges§ 80g), as throwing up food from its crop for its young); but sea-fowl improbable in Psalms, Isaiah; Late Hebrew קָאָת, ᵑ7קָאתָאid.); — absolute הַקָּאָתLeviticus 11:18=Deuteronomy 14:17, as unclean; קָאַת (van d. H. Gi; Baer קָאָת) Isaiah 34:11; Zephaniah 2:14, as inhabiting ruins; construct קְאַת מִדְכָּרPsalm 102:7, simile of loneliness.
קַב see I. קבב. Below
I. קבב (√ of following; compare Arabic arch, dome (hence 'al-cove'), vaulted tent, especially tent of honour GoldziherZMG xlvii (1893), 74 f. JacobBeduinenleben (2) 86, 245; Syriac vault, dome, id., vaulted tent PS3466b; so Late Hebrew קוּבָּה, specifically lupanar; ᵑ7קוּבְּתָאvault (especially vaulted heavens); perhaps also Assyrian ‡abâbu, shield).
Englishman's Concordance (References)
Strong's Hebrew: 6893. קָאָת (qaath or qaath) — 5 Occurrences
Leviticus 11:18 HEB:הַתִּנְשֶׁ֥מֶת וְאֶת־ הַקָּאָ֖ת וְאֶת־ הָרָחָֽם׃ NAS: and the white owl and the pelican and the carrion vulture, KJV: And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, INT: and the white and the pelican and the carrion
Deuteronomy 14:17 HEB: וְהַקָּאָ֥ת וְאֶֽת־ הָרָחָ֖מָה NAS:the pelican, the carrion vulture, KJV:And the pelican, and the gier eagle, INT:the pelican the carrion the cormorant
Psalm 102:6 HEB: דָּ֭מִיתִי לִקְאַ֣ת מִדְבָּ֑ר הָ֝יִ֗יתִי NAS: I resemble a pelican of the wilderness; KJV: I am like a pelican of the wilderness: INT: resemble A pelican of the wilderness have become
Isaiah 34:11 HEB: וִירֵשׁ֙וּהָ֙ קָאַ֣ת וְקִפּ֔וֹד וְיַנְשׁ֥וֹף NAS:But pelican and hedgehog will possess KJV:But the cormorant and the bittern INT: will possess pelican and hedgehog and owl
Zephaniah 2:14 HEB:ג֔וֹי גַּם־ קָאַת֙ גַּם־ קִפֹּ֔ד NAS: Both the pelican and the hedgehog KJV: of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern INT: herds Both the pelican Both and the hedgehog
arch, dome (hence 'al-cove'), vaulted tent, especially tent of honour GoldziherZMG xlvii (1893), 74 f. JacobBeduinenleben (2) 86, 245; Syriac 
vault, dome, 
id., vaulted tent PS3466b; so Late Hebrew