1.climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat
2.fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh
3.nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes
幾維鳥(學名:Apteryx)又譯為鷸鴕,是無翼鳥科3種鳥類的共同名稱。因其尖銳的叫聲“keee-weee”而得名。幾維鳥的身材小而粗短,嘴長而尖,腿部強壯,羽毛細如絲發,由于翅膀退化,因此無法飛行。幾維鳥很容易受到驚嚇,大部分的活動都在夜間進行,覓食時用尖嘴靈活地刺探,長嘴末端的鼻孔可嗅出蟲的位置,進而捕食。主要食物包括泥土中的蚯蚓、昆蟲、蜘蛛和其他無脊椎動物。壽命可達三十年,是新西蘭的特產,也是新西蘭的國鳥及象征。