'kiwi' definitions:
Definition of 'kiwi'
From: WordNet
noun
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]
noun
A native or inhabitant of New Zealand [syn: New Zealander, Kiwi]
noun
Fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh [syn: kiwi, kiwi fruit, Chinese gooseberry]
noun
Nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes [syn: kiwi, apteryx]
Definition of 'kiwi'
From: GCIDE
- 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]