Meaning Of The Word Kiwi

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kiwi
countable noun: A kiwi is a type of bird that lives in New Zealand. Kiwis cannot fly.
countable noun: A kiwi is the same as a kiwi fruit.
countable noun: People who come from New Zealand are sometimes referred to as Kiwis. This use could cause offence.

kiwi in American English
any of an order (Apterygiformes) of tailless New Zealand birds, with undeveloped wings, hairlike feathers, and a long, slender bill: it feeds chiefly on insects and worms
noun: any of several flightless, ratite birds of the genus Apteryx, of New Zealand, allied to the extinct moas

kiwi in British English
noun: any nocturnal flightless New Zealand bird of the genus Apteryx, having a long beak, stout legs, and weakly barbed feathers: order Apterygiformes

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