There is the kiwi, or apteryx, which is about as large as a turkey, but only found on the. From Wordnik.com. [A First Year in Canterbury Settlement] Reference
The object that had come between him and the Gulf was a mounted man-or rather, the idiot-headed apteryx the man was sitting on. From Wordnik.com. [Anywhen]
Man had been defined as a gelastic apteryx, but in view of the attitude of women towards the Plumage Bill the definition could hardly be allowed to fit the requirements of the spindle side of creation. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 29, 1914] Reference
The mammary glands of all male beasts constitute another example, as also does the wing of the apteryx -- a New Zealand bird utterly incapable of flight, and with the wing in a quite rudimentary condition. From Wordnik.com. [On the Genesis of Species] Reference
One such reason is the way in which struthious birds are, or have been, distributed around the antarctic region: as the ostrich in Africa, the rhea in South America, the emeu in Australia, the apteryx, dinornis, &c. in New Zealand, the epiornis in Madagascar. From Wordnik.com. [On the Genesis of Species] Reference
In considering the rudimentary wings of the apteryx, or of the moa, emu, ostrich, &c., we must not forget the frequent or occasional occurrence of hard seasons, and times of drought and famine, when Nature eliminates redundant, wasteful, and ill-adapted organisms in so severe and wholesale a fashion. From Wordnik.com. [Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited? An Examination of the View Held by Spencer and Darwin] Reference
It were better to be an owl than a strong-eyed apteryx. From Wordnik.com. [Stephen Archer and Other Tales] Reference
Thus, an apteryx is a wingless bird native to New Zealand. From Wordnik.com. [Anecdotal Evidence] Reference
It is this bird which is also known under the name of the "apteryx.". From Wordnik.com. [Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
Think of me henceforth as an apteryx -- you have a dictionary at hand?. From Wordnik.com. [Born in Exile] Reference
Allied to these are the four species of Kiwi or apteryx, still existing there. From Wordnik.com. [More Science From an Easy Chair] Reference
The extreme term in this exceedingly ancient set of creature is given us by the wingless bird, the apteryx or kiwi of New. From Wordnik.com. [Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science] Reference
Some of the largest vertebrae, tibiae, and femora equal in magnitude the most gigantic previously known, while others are not larger than the corresponding bones of the living apteryx. From Wordnik.com. [COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1] Reference
The apteryx, with the tail of a fowl and a plumage of a reddish-brown, has an affinity to the ostrich; it inhabits damp and gloomy woods, and never comes out even in search of food except in the evening. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
Australia; the lowest birds -- the apteryx of New Zealand and the cassowaries of the New Guinea region; while the lowest fish -- the amphioxus or lancelet, is completely isolated, and has apparently survived only by its habit of burrowing in the sand. From Wordnik.com. [Darwinism (1889)] Reference
Zealand the wingless apteryx is still found in the wilds, and the caves of that country show us that it was preceded by other wingless birds of gigantic stature; among them the moa, which, when alive, must have stood about thirteen or fourteen feet high. From Wordnik.com. [The Mines and its Wonders] Reference
Greenland, and Siberia, but the relentless onslaught of the Ice Age wrought terrible destruction and, like the giant tortoises among reptiles, the apteryx among birds, and the bison among mammals, the forlorn hope of the great redwoods, making a last stand in a few small groves of. From Wordnik.com. [The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year] Reference
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I am an apteryx, a flightless bird with hairy feathers. '". From Wordnik.com. [Frankie Thomas: Mourning Johnny Hart and the Art of the Newspaper Comic] Reference
Or pored apart on the apteryx. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 19, 1919] Reference
One form is exemplified by the ostrich, rhea, emeu, cassowary, apteryx, dinornis, &c. From Wordnik.com. [On the Genesis of Species] Reference
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