dictionary definitions for "kiwi"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  kiwi
      n 1: climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for
           its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat [syn: {Chinese
           gooseberry}, kiwi vine, Actinidia chinensis,
           Actinidia deliciosa]
      2: a native or inhabitant of New Zealand [syn: New Zealander,
          Kiwi]
      3: fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh
         [syn: kiwi fruit, Chinese gooseberry]
      4: nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck
         and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order
         Apterygiformes [syn: apteryx]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
     [1913 Webster]


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