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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
kiwi
    n 1: 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]
    2: a native or inhabitant of New Zealand [syn: New Zealander,
       Kiwi]
    3: fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh
       [syn: kiwi, kiwi fruit, Chinese gooseberry]
    4: nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck
       and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order
       Apterygiformes [syn: kiwi, apteryx]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]

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