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apteryx Ornith.|ˈæptərɪks|
[f. Gr. ἀ priv. + πτέρυξ wing: cf. ἀπτέρυγος wingless.]
A New Zealand bird, about the size of a goose, with merely rudimentary wings and no tail, called by the natives Kiwi.
1813G. Shaw Natur. Misc. XXIV. 1058 The Southern Apteryx. 1854Owen in Orr's Circ. Sc. I. 221 Birds devoid of the power of flight, such as the ostrich and apteryx. |