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Webster 1913 Edition
Apteryx
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Ap′te-ryx
,Noun.
(Zool.)
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.
Definition 2024
Apteryx
Apteryx
See also: aptéryx
Translingual
Proper noun
Apteryx f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Apterygidae – the kiwis.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Palaeognathae - parvclass; Apterygiformes - order; Apterygidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Apteryx australis (common kiwi, southern brown kiwi or tokoeka) - type species
- Apteryx haastii (great spotted kiwi or roroa), Apteryx mantelli (North Island brown kiwi), Apteryx owenii (little spotted kiwi), Apteryx rowi (Okarito kiwi or rowi) - other species
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276