Definition of apteryx Apteryx

ap•ter•yx

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WordNet by Princeton University

Noun
apteryx - nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes
  kiwi
  flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • 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.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • apteryx
    ap′tėr-iks, n. a bird found in New Zealand, wingless and tailless, reddish-brown, about the size of a large hen. [Gr. a, neg., pteryx, wing.]

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