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apteryx
[ ap-tuh-riks ]
apteryx
/ ˈæptərɪks /
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of apteryx1
C19: from New Latin: wingless creature; see apterous
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Example Sentences
Palapteryx, pal-ap′tėr-iks, n. a genus of fossil birds found in New Zealand, resembling the Apteryx.
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But with the cassowary, the emu, or the apteryx matters are very different.
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Allied to these are the four species of Kiwi or apteryx, still existing there.
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A pollex is wanting, as in the cassowary, emeu and apteryx, while it is impossible to say whether remiges are represented or not.
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The wing of apteryx, like that of the cassowary, has become extremely reduced.
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