kiwi

ki·wi  (kw)

n. pl. ki·wis

1. Any of several flightless birds of the genus Apteryx native to New Zealand, having vestigial wings and a long slender bill. Also called apteryx.

2.

a. A woody Chinese vine (Actinidia chinensis) having brown fuzzy edible fruit with a green sweet pulp.

b. The fruit of this plant. Also called Chinese gooseberry.

3. Informal A New Zealander.

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[Maori, perhaps of imitative origin.]

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kiwi

Noun

pl kiwis

1. a flightless bird of New Zealand with a long beak, stout legs, and no tail

2. a New Zealander [Maori]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	kiwi - climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat Actinidia chinensis, Actinidia deliciosa, Chinese gooseberry, kiwi vine kiwi fruit, Chinese gooseberry, kiwi - fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh Actinidia, genus Actinidia - small Asiatic woody vine bearing many-seeded fruit vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
	2.	Kiwi - a native or inhabitant of New Zealand New Zealander New Zealand - an independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, indweller - a person who inhabits a particular place
	3.	kiwi - fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh kiwi fruit, Chinese gooseberry edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh Actinidia chinensis, Actinidia deliciosa, Chinese gooseberry, kiwi, kiwi vine - climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat
	4.	kiwi - nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes apteryx flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird - flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds genus Apteryx - type genus of the Apterygidae: kiwis

Translations

kiwi [ˈkiːwiː] n (col) (= New Zealander); neozelandés/esa m/f (also: kiwi fruit) → kiwi m

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kiwi [ˈkiːwiː] n (also: kiwi fruit) → kiwi m

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kiwi [ˈkiːwiː], kiwi fruit n → Kiwi(frucht) f