HyperDic: aepyornis

English > 1 sense of the word aepyornis:
NOUNanimalaepyornis, elephant birdhuge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar / Madagascar
English > aepyornis: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninghuge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar / Madagascar.
Synonymelephant bird
Member ofgenus Aepyornistype genus of the Aepyornidae
Broaderratite, ratite bird, flightless birdFlightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment / attachment of flight muscles
Spanishaepyornis

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