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When the Chinese Gooseberry industry was becoming established in New Zealand the name was changed to kiwifruit possibly because of their likeness colourwise to the native bird.
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Who called the kiwi kiwi?
Kiwi, the flightless bird, was named by Maori.
Is there a bird named Kiwi?
Yes, there is.
What got its name first kiwifruit or kiwi animal?
The bird was first called the kiwi. The fruit was named kiwi because of its resemblance to the kiwi bird.
What animal name is kiwi?
A kiwi is a small flightless bird that is endemic to New Zealand. It is a member of the ratite family, a group of flightless birds which includes the emu. cassowary, ostrich and rhea. The kiwi was not named after kiwifruit. Kiwifruit were named after the kiwi.
What fruit is named after a flightless bird?
a kiwi!
Which fruit named is after a flightless bird?
Kiwi fruit.
What is the name of the fruit which is named after a flightless bird?
kiwi
What flightless animal is also named a kiwi?
The flightless bird known as a kiwi is not known by any other name.
Which small fruit is named after a flightless newzealand bird?
Kiwifruit popularly known by the name kiwi derives its name from theflightless newzealand bird kiwi.
Is Kiwi Fruit or Kiwi Fruits?
Kiwi is the bird native to New Zealand that it was named after.Kiwifruit is a vine fruit that originated in China (the Chinese gooseberry), but was carefully grown to be larger, and fleshier in New Zealand, and renamed for promotional reasons. It is commonly called by the abbreviated name of kiwi outside New Zealand.
What is the scientific name of the family that the kiwi belongs to?
The scientific name of the family that the kiwi belongs to is Apterygidae.
What do you call more than one kiwi bird?
'Kiwi' is the plural and the singular (there is no 's' in Maori). 'Te kiwi' means 'the kiwi' (singular), 'Nga Kiwi' means 'the kiwi' (plural) and 'he kiwi' means 'a kiwi' or 'some kiwi'.
