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apteryx

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ap=ter=yx

CIDE DICTIONARY

apteryxn. [Gr. 'a priv. + pte`ryx wing. Cf. Aptera.].
     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 moas of the same country. Five species are known.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

apteryx, n. = KIWI.

Etymology
mod.L f. Gk a- not + pterux wing

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