apteryx

apteryx has 2 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

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