American English pronunciation

How to pronounce kiwis

IPA transcription: ['kiwiz]

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Noun

  • climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat

  • a native or inhabitant of New Zealand

  • fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh

  • nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes

Usage examples

  • It also made a number of changes to the KiwiSaver scheme.
  • Great spotted kiwis reside in complex, maze-like burrows that they construct.