apteryx

Noun
  1. Nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs;
    Only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes (synset 101523217)
    hypernym: 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
    member meronym: genus apteryx - type genus of the Apterygidae: kiwis
    synonym: kiwi

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