apterygidae

English Thesaurus

1. coextensive with the order Apterygiformes (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird family,
definition	:	a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus apteryx,
definition	:	type genus of the Apterygidae: kiwis (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	apterygiformes, order apterygiformes,
definition	:	a ratite bird order: flightless ground birds having vestigial wings and long bills and small eyes: kiwis (noun.animal)