apteryx

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ap=ter=yx

CIDE DICTIONARY

apteryx, n. [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