Noun: apteryx ap-tu-riks
- Nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes
"The apteryx, commonly known as the kiwi, is New Zealand's national symbol";
- kiwi
Derived forms: apteryxes
Type of: flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird
Part of: genus Apteryx
Encyclopedia: Apteryx