Only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes

• Nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs
• New Zealand bird, e.g
• Kiwi genus

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes [syn: kiwi ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Apteryx \Ap"te*ryx\, n. [Gr. 'a priv. + pte`ryx wing. Cf. Aptera .] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail; the kiwi. It is allied to the gigantic extinct ...