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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: apteryx n : nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes [syn: {kiwi}]
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