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. Informal A New Zealander.

3. A kiwifruit.

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[Maori, imitative of the call of male kiwis. Sense 3, short for kiwifruit.]

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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

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kiwi

n kiwi [ˈkiːwiː]

a type of bird which is unable to fly, found in New Zealand. kiwi كيوي: طائِر نيوزيلندي بدون أجْنِحَه киви kivi kiwi der Kiwi κίουι (είδος πτηνού που ζει στη Νέα Ζηλανδία) kiwi kiivi مرغ کیوی kiivi kiwi קִיווּי कीवी चिड़िया kivi kiwi kívífugl, snípustrútur kiwi キウイ 키위(새) kivis kivi burung kiwi kiwi kiwi kiwi kiwi киви kivi kivi kivi นกกีวี kivi (鳥)幾維(一種新西蘭產的無翼鳥) ківі نیوزی لینڈ کا پردار جانور جو اڑ نہیں سکتا chim kivi （鸟）几维（一种新西兰产的无翼鸟）