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Apteryx

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(n.) A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail; the kiwi. It is allied to the gigantic extinct moas of the same country. Five species are known.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Apteryx'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/apteryx.html. 1828.
 
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