apteryx
n.
kiwi, flightless bird having no tail and very small wings (native to New Zealand)
KIWI
Kiwi
apteryx
Noun
1. nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes
(synonym) kiwi
(hypernym) ratite, ratite bird, flightless bird
(member-holonym) genus Apteryx
aptéryx (m)
n.
apteryx, kiwi, flightless bird having no tail and very small wings (native to New Zealand)
Apteryx
(n.)
A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail; the kiwi. It is allied to the gigantic extinct moas of the same country. Five species are known.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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