noun
a ratite bird order: flightless ground birds having vestigial wings and long bills and small eyes: kiwis
• Syn: ↑order Apterygiformes
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves
• Member Meronyms: ↑Apterygidae, ↑family Apterygidae
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\\ˌaptəˌrijəˈfȯrˌmēz\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: an order of flightless ground birds (superorder Palaeognathae) having vestigial wings, long bills, and small eyes and being coextensive with a family (Apterygidae) that includes the New Zealand kiwis and extinct related birds of Australia and New Zealand — see apteryx
Useful english dictionary. 2012.