Found 2 items, similar to apteryx.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: apteryx
apteryx
n : nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck
and stout legs; only surviving representative of the
order Apterygiformes [syn:
kiwi]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Apteryx
Apteryx
\Ap"te*ryx\, n. [Gr. 'a priv. + pte`ryx wing. Cf.
Aptera.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.
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