Apteryx
Apteryx noun - Nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes.
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Synonyms for Apteryx
Flightless bird and apteryx are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Flightless bird" instead a noun "Apteryx".
Flightless bird
Flightless bird noun - Flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds.
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Synonyms for Flightless bird
Apteryx and flightless bird are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Apteryx" with "Flightless bird", this terms are similar.
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Flightless bird and Apteryx. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/apteryx/flightless_bird
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Flightless bird or Apteryx. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/apteryx/flightless_bird.
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