American English pronunciation
How to pronounce kiwis
IPA transcription: ['kiwiz]
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Noun
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climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat
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a native or inhabitant of New Zealand
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fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh
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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.