HyperDic: apteryx

English > 1 sense of the word apteryx:
NOUNanimalapteryx, kiwinocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs
English > apteryx: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningnocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes.
Synonymkiwi
Member ofgenus Apteryxtype genus of the Apterygidae
Broaderratite, ratite bird, flightless birdFlightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment / attachment of flight muscles
Spanishapteryx, kiwi
Catalankiwi

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