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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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