Definition of Apterix

Definition of Apterix

Ap`teryx, a curious New Zealand bird with rudimentary wings, plumage like hair, and no tail.

- Wikipedia

||Ap"te*ryx (&?;), n. [Gr. 'a priv. + pte`ryx wing. Cf. Aptera.] (Zoöl.) 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.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

French

kiwi (bird)
kiwis

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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