apteryx

American  

[ap-tuh-riks] / ˈæp tə rɪks /

noun

1. kiwi.

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apteryx British  

/ ˈæptərɪks /

noun

1. another name for kiwi

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Etymology

Origin of apteryx

1805–15; < New Latin: the genus name, equivalent to Greek a- a- ⁶ + -pteryx, adj. use of ptéryx wing

Example Sentences

Neither the apteryx nor the manchot fly any more than the ostrich.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.

Whiles we mocked at the monkeys' tricks Or pored apart on the apteryx; These could yield but a passing pleasure; Yours was the primal place.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 19, 1919 by Various

The wing of apteryx, like that of the cassowary, has become extremely reduced.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

There is the kiwi, or apteryx, which is about as large as a turkey, but only found on the West Coast.

From A First Year in Canterbury Settlement by Butler, Samuel

It is this bird which is also known under the name of the "apteryx."

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century by D'Anvers, N.