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kiwi


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Kivikivi  \Ki`vi*ki"vi\,  Kiwikiwi  \Ki`wi*ki"wi\,  n.;  pl 
  {Kivikivies}  (?),  {Kiwikiwies}.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  Any  species  of  Apteryx,  esp.  {A.  australis};  --  so  called  in 
  imitation  of  its  notes.  Called  also  {kiwi}.  See  {Apteryx}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  kiwi 
  n  1:  climbing  vine  native  to  China;  cultivated  in  New  Zealand  for 
  its  fuzzy  edible  green-meated  fruit  [syn:  {Chinese 
  gooseberry},  {kiwi  vine},  {Actinidia  chinensis},  {Actinidia 
  deliciosa}] 
  2:  fuzzy  brown  egg-shaped  fruit  with  slightly  tart  green  flesh 
  [syn:  {kiwi  fruit},  {Chinese  gooseberry}] 
  3:  nocturnal  flightless  bird  of  New  Zealand  having  a  long  neck 
  and  stout  legs;  only  surviving  representative  of  the  order 
  Apterygiformes  [syn:  {apteryx}] 




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