HyperDic: family_aepyornidae

English > 1 sense of the expression family Aepyornidae:
NOUNanimalfamily Aepyornidae, Aepyornidaecoextensive with the order Aepyorniformes
English > family Aepyornidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningcoextensive with the order Aepyorniformes.
SynonymAepyornidae
Member ofAepyorniformes, order Aepyorniformeshuge extinct flightless birds
Membersgenus Aepyornistype genus of the Aepyornidae
Broaderbird familyA family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
SpanishAepyornidae, familia Aepyornidae

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