kiwi

noun (plural kiwis)

• 1a flightless New Zealand bird with hairlike feathers, having a long down-curved bill with sensitive nostrils at the tip.

  • Family Apterygidae and genus Apteryx: three species, including the brown kiwi (A. australis)

• 2 (Kiwi) informal a New Zealander, especially a soldier or member of a national sports team.

• 3kiwi fruit.a bowl of cherries and kiwis