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GENUS APTERYX

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Apteryx mean?

• GENUS APTERYX (noun)
The noun GENUS APTERYX has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Apterygidae: kiwis

Familiarity information: GENUS APTERYX used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS APTERYX (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Apterygidae: kiwis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Apteryx" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Apteryx"):

apteryx; kiwi (nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes)

Holonyms ("genus Apteryx" is a member of...):

Apterygidae; family Apterygidae (coextensive with the order Apterygiformes)

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