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Apteryx
(gcide) | Apteryx \Ap"te*ryx\, n. [Gr. 'a priv. + pte`ryx wing. Cf.
Aptera.] (Zool.)
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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apteryx
(wn) | apteryx
n 1: nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck
and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order
Apterygiformes [syn: kiwi, apteryx] |
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Apteryx australis
(gcide) | Kivikivi \Ki`vi*ki"vi\, Kiwikiwi \Ki`wi*ki"wi\, n.; pl.
Kivikivies (?), Kiwikiwies. (Zool.)
Any species of Apteryx, esp. Apteryx australis; -- so
called in imitation of its notes. More commonly called
kiwi. See Apteryx.
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Cerapteryx graminis
(gcide) | Antler \Ant"ler\, n. [OE. auntelere, OF. antoillier, andoiller,
endouiller, fr. F. andouiller, fr. an assumed LL.
antocularis, fr. L. ante before + oculus eye. See Ocular.]
(Zool.)
The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine
animal, as of a stag.
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Huge stags with sixteen antlers. --Macaulay.
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Note: The branch next to the head is called the brow antler,
and the branch next above, the bez antler, or bay
antler. The main stem is the beam, and the branches are
often called tynes. Antlers are deciduous bony (not
horny) growths, and are covered with a periosteum while
growing. See Velvet.
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Antler moth (Zool.), a destructive European moth
(Cerapteryx graminis), which devastates grass lands.
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Palapteryx
(gcide) | Palapteryx \Pa*lap"te*ryx\, n. [Paleo- + apteryx.] (Paleon.)
A large extinct ostrichlike bird of New Zealand.
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Urapteryx sambucaria
(gcide) | Swallow-tailed \Swal"low-tailed`\, a.
1. Having a tail like that of a swallow; hence, like a
swallow's tail in form; having narrow and tapering or
pointed skirts; as, a swallow-tailed coat.
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2. (Carp.) United by dovetailing; dovetailed.
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Swallow-tailed duck (Zool.), the old squaw.
Swallow-tailed gull (Zool.), an Arctic gull ({Xema
furcata}), which has a deeply forked tail.
Swallow-tailed hawk or Swallow-tailed kite (Zool.), the
fork-tailed kite.
Swallow-tailed moth (Zool.), a European moth ({Urapteryx
sambucaria}) having tail-like lobes on the hind wings.
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apteryx
(wn) | apteryx
n 1: nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck
and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order
Apterygiformes [syn: kiwi, apteryx] |
cerapteryx
(wn) | Cerapteryx
n 1: antler moths [syn: Cerapteryx, genus Cerapteryx] |
cerapteryx graminis
(wn) | Cerapteryx graminis
n 1: European moth with white antler-like markings on the
forewings; the larvae damage pastures and grasslands [syn:
antler moth, Cerapteryx graminis] |
genus apteryx
(wn) | genus Apteryx
n 1: type genus of the Apterygidae: kiwis |
genus cerapteryx
(wn) | genus Cerapteryx
n 1: antler moths [syn: Cerapteryx, genus Cerapteryx] |
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