Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of several flightless birds of the genus Apteryx native to New Zealand, having vestigial wings and a long slender bill. Also called apteryx.
- n. Informal A New Zealander.
- n. A kiwifruit.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The apteryx.
Wiktionary
- n. A flightless bird of the genus Apteryx native to New Zealand.
- n. A person from New Zealand - (preferably Kiwi).
- n. A New Zealand dollar.
- n. A kiwi fruit - not used in New Zealand where the full name is used.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a native or inhabitant of New Zealand
- n. nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes
- n. climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat
- n. fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh
Etymologies
- From Maori kiwi. (Wiktionary)
- Maori, imitative of the call of male kiwis. Sense 3, short for kiwifruit. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The meat was much like white watermelon while the seeds were exactly like the ones in kiwi fruit.”
“Dependent on agricultural exports, the country's currency, known as the kiwi, is hostage to global economic sentiment, which at the moment points to slowing demand.”
The Wall Street Journal: Key Holds Lead as New Zealand Vote Nears
“The latest quake is a blow for New Zealand's economy, and it sent the New Zealand dollar, known as the kiwi, sharply lower.”
The Wall Street Journal: New Zealand Starts Christchurch Curfew
“The latest quake is another blow for New Zealand's economy and sent the currency, known as the kiwi, sharply lower.”
“The New Zealand dollar, also known as the kiwi, is hovering near its yearlong high against the U.S. dollar, making the cost of agricultural exports to key markets such as China more expensive.”
The Wall Street Journal: New Zealand Kiwi Industry Threatened By Disease
“In other words, a kiwi is a dwarfed version of a giant flightless bird.”
“Their remains are found in abundance, but the kiwi is the last species now living.”
“New Zealand's dollar, known as the kiwi, was close to a five- week high before data next week that may show U.S. manufacturing grew at the fastest pace in seven months.”
“The so-called kiwi snapped a four-day gain versus the dollar.”
“New Zealand's dollar, also known as the kiwi, climbed after Prime Minister John Key was re-elected with his party's biggest mandate in 60 years.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘kiwi’.
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Power to the demonyms!
muscovite, mancunian, oxonian, liverpudlian, damascene, glaswegian, cantabrigian, lyonnais, arkansawyer, sydneysider, haligonian, bay stater and 166 more...
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birds
birds with singular names from
at least 9 English dictionariesaasvogel, aberdevine, accentor, accipiter, aepyornis, agami, albatross, alcatras, alcid, alcidine, amadavat, amokura and 1056 more...
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Maori words playable in scrabble
Maori, weve had a influx since
2007ahuru+, ahuruhuru+, aka+, akatea+, akeake+, akiraho+, amokura+, araara+, ariki+, aroha+, aruhe+, ataata+ and 297 more...
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Genes
Interesting gene names. Some of these may have changed recently (to something less offensive/funny).
http://www.genenames.org/
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Open List: Greens
A lits of greens: cooked leafy vegetables; pigments, paint names, compound words, etc; words and phrases that pertain to or contain "green". Please add your favorites!
See this list f...greenery, collard greens, mustard greens, turnip greens, green shoots, viridian green, malachite green, sap green, green grocer, radish greens, beet greens, spring green and 282 more...
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Realia from Everywhere
Culturally defined terms and expressions from the four corners of the world
fjord, mistral steppe, tornado, tsunami, polder, kiwi, koala, sequoia, Abominable Snowman, paprika, spaghetti, empanada and 299 more...
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food collection
bread, peel, pot, chorizo, Filet, olive, fill, Phyllo, dough, bake, mat, pinot and 988 more...
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Colors/Patterns/Prints/Textures
fritillary, chartreuse, tortoise-shell, brindle, burnt orange, cerulean, amaranth, sandy, amber, mold, fungus, kiwi and 65 more...
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As many reasons as we can think of to...
in the words of blues clues...
WE GOTTA THINK, THINK, THINK....maori, aboriginie, robbie deans!, anzac's, kiwi, dingo, kangaroo, we are awesome, tuatara, sky tower, sydney opera house, all blacks and 11 more...
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denizens
words that answer the question "What do you call someone from ?"
michigander, bay stater, utahn, tarheel, nutmegger, ohioan, vermonter, cantabrigian, jersey cityite, kansas citian, angeleno, sooite and 91 more...
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Colors
Words for colors, including things so associated with a color that they can be used in reference to a color.
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, purple, navy, lavender, turquoise, chartreuse and 218 more...
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Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
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bkerr's Words
wyrd, absinthe, homunculus, zorkmid, informon, decider, diachronic, frak, hwæt, feldercarb, yawp, dogfooding and 540 more...
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Groceries
strawberries, baby spinach, black beans, cinnamon, oranges, apples, fstg multigrain t..., olive oil, simply orange juice, tomato sauce, wholly guacamole, salt sense and 115 more...
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fabula's Words
fabulas, pasadizo, laberinto, amazónica, libritos, manzana, ilustración, ilustraciones, trazos, tiralíneas, eufenismo, cinemateca and 217 more...
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Fun Words
Words that have funny meanings or are just fun to say.
kumquat, chimichanga, sarsparilla, rutabaga, rumpus, flummox, encrusted, prestidigitation, pomegranate, preposterous, dentiloquist, sepulchre and 323 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for kiwi.
maxqnz In NZ English, Kiwi for a NZer would be capitalised but kiwi for the bird would not be. Also, the plural of Kiwi (NZer) would be Kiwis, but the plural of kiwi (apteryx) is often kiwi, preserbing the M?ori usage. Jun 20, 2009
brookdale_chick Kiwi's are NZERSSS!!!!!!
Jul 28, 2008