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GENUS APTERYX
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Type genus of the Apterygidae: kiwis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Apteryx" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Apteryx"):
apteryx; kiwi (nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes)
Holonyms ("genus Apteryx" is a member of...):
Apterygidae; family Apterygidae (coextensive with the order Apterygiformes)
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