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Noun: apteryx  ap-tu-riks
  1. Nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes
    - kiwi

Derived forms: apteryxes

Type of: flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird

Part of: genus Apteryx

Encyclopedia: Apteryx

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apsis
Apsu
apt
Aptenodytes
Aptenodytes forsteri
Aptenodytes patagonica
apteral
apterous
Apterygidae
Apterygiformes
apteryx
aptitude
aptitudinal
aptly
aptness
Apulia
Apus
Apus apus
APY
apyretic tetanus
Aqaba