apteryx | sense examples, Usage and Definition from wordnet dictionary online

Noun apteryx has 1 sense

kiwi, apteryx - nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes
--₁ is a kind of ratite, ratite bird, flightless bird
--₁ is a member of genus Apteryx