apteryx

1. 1.

   nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes

   Synonymskiwi

   Broaderratite

   Part ofgenus Apteryx

Other forms of apteryx

plural

apteryxes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about apteryx

What does apteryx mean?

apteryx means "nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes".

How many syllables are in apteryx?

apteryx has 3 syllables: ap-te-ryx. The stress falls on "ap".

What is another word for apteryx?

Close synonyms include kiwi. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is apteryx a common word?

apteryx is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.