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nouna ratite bird order: flightless ground birds having vestigial wings and long bills and small eyes: kiwis
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Definition that contains apterygiformes
- kiwi nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes
- apterygidae coextensive with the order Apterygiformes
- family apterygidae coextensive with the order Apterygiformes
- apteryx nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes