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apteryx

noun

ap·ter·yx | \ ˈap-tə-riks

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Definition of apteryx

: kiwi sense 1

First Known Use of apteryx

1813, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for apteryx

New Latin, from a- + Greek pteryx wing; akin to Greek pteron

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