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apteryx (n.)

"kiwi," zoological name for the flightless birds of New Zealand, 1813, Modern Latin, from Greek a- "without" (see a- (3)) + pteryx "wing" (from PIE root *pet- "to rush, to fly").

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Definitions of apteryx from WordNet

apteryx (n.)
nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes;
Synonyms: kiwi
From wordnet.princeton.edu

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