family Apterygidae

Thesaurus

Noun

1.family Apterygidae - coextensive with the order ApterygiformesApterygidaebird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wingsApterygiformes, order Apterygiformes - a ratite bird order: flightless ground birds having vestigial wings and long bills and small eyes: kiwisgenus Apteryx - type genus of the Apterygidae: kiwis