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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
kiwi
 
SYLLABICATION:ki·wi
PRONUNCIATION:  kw
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. ki·wis
1. Any of several flightless birds of the genus Apteryx native to New Zealand, having vestigial wings and a long slender bill. Also called apteryx. 2a. A woody Chinese vine (Actinidia chinensis) having brown fuzzy edible fruit with a green sweet pulp. b. The fruit of this plant. Also called Chinese gooseberry. 3. Informal A New Zealander.
ETYMOLOGY:Maori, perhaps of imitative origin.
 
 
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