apteryx

American  

[ap-tuh-riks] / ˈæp tə rɪks /

noun

1. kiwi.

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apteryx British  

/ ˈæptərɪks /

noun

1. another name for kiwi

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Etymology

Origin of apteryx

1805–15; < New Latin: the genus name, equivalent to Greek a- a- ⁶ + -pteryx, adj. use of ptéryx wing

Example Sentences

Neither the apteryx nor the manchot fly any more than the ostrich.

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The wing of the cassowary, emeu and apteryx has undergone complete degeneration; so much so that only a vestige of the hand remains.

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In short, the British Innkeeper, as these writers represent him, figures as a sort of human apteryx, who supports himself entirely by the length of his bill.

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Allied to these are the four species of Kiwi or apteryx, still existing there.

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It is this bird which is also known under the name of the "apteryx."

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