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APTERYX
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes
Synonyms:
apteryx; kiwi
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("apteryx" is a kind of...):
flightless bird; ratite; ratite bird (flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds)
Holonyms ("apteryx" is a member of...):
genus Apteryx (type genus of the Apterygidae: kiwis)
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