Definitions of Kiwi [ˈki wi]

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Definition of 'Kiwi'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) kiwi
any of several flightless, nocturnal, ratite birds comprising the order Apterygiformes, of New Zealand.

2. kiwi
Informal. a New Zealander.

Etymology: (1825–35; < Maori)

Definition of 'Kiwi'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Chinese gooseberry, kiwi, kiwi vine, Actinidia chinensis, Actinidia deliciosa
climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat

2. (noun) New Zealander, Kiwi
a native or inhabitant of New Zealand

3. (noun) kiwi, kiwi fruit, Chinese gooseberry
fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh

4. (noun) kiwi, apteryx
nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes

Translation of 'Kiwi'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a type of bird which is unable to fly, found in New Zealand.
Afrikaans: kiwi	Arabic: كيوي: طائِر نيوزيلندي بدو	Bulgarian: киви
Brazilian: kiwi	Czech: kivi	German: der Kiwi
Danish: kiwi	Greek: κίουι (είδος πτηνού που ζ	Spanish: kiwi
Estonian: kiivi	Farsi: مرغ کیوی	Finnish: kiivi
French: kiwi	Hebrew: קִיווּי	Hindi: कीवी चिड़िया
Croatian: kivi	Indonesian: kiwi	Icelandic: kívífugl, snípustrútur
Italian: kiwi	Japanese: キウイ	Korean: 키위
Lithuanian: kivis	Latvian: kivi	Malay: burung kiwi
Dutch: kiwi	Norwegian: kiwi	Polish: kiwi
Persian: مرغ كه قادر به پرواز نيست	Pashto: كيوى هغه مرغه چى الوتې نش	Portuguese: kiwi
Russian: киви	Slovak: kivi	Serbian: kivi
Swedish: kivi	Thai: นกกีวี	Turkish: kivi
Taiwanese: 紐西蘭的奇異鳥	Ukrainian: ківі	Urdu: نیوزی لینڈ کا پردار جانور
Vietnamese: chim kivi	Chinese: 几维鸟（新西兰的一种无翼鸟）
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