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apteryx

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ap=ter=yx

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun apteryx has 1 sense

apteryx(n = noun.animal) kiwi - nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes; Array

is a kind of flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird

is a member of genus apteryx

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CIDE DICTIONARY

apteryx, n. [Gr. 'a priv. + pte`ryx wing. Cf. Aptera.].

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. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

apteryx, n. = KIWI.

Etymology

mod.L f. Gk a- not + pterux wing

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