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Apteryx   Listen
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.



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... for which he said that his hat would hardly have been large enough to serve as cup. But the size of a bird does not always indicate what that of the egg is, so this may not have been one laid by a dinornis. Thus, the Apteryx, or Kiwi, of New Zealand, a curious, almost wingless bird, lays an egg which is about a ...
— Chatterbox, 1906 • Various


Words linked to "Apteryx" :   ratite, genus Apteryx, flightless bird, kiwi, ratite bird


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