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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat;
[syn: Chinese gooseberry, kiwi, 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, 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: kiwi, apteryx]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

kiwi n 1: climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat [syn: Chinese gooseberry, kiwi, 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, 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: kiwi, apteryx]