APTERYX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does apteryx mean? 

• APTERYX (noun)
  The noun APTERYX has 1 sense:

1. nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes

  Familiarity information: APTERYX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APTERYX (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

apteryx; kiwi

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)