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Aepyornis

noun
1.
Huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar.  Synonym: elephant bird.



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... G.-St. Hilaire considered the Aepyornis to be of the Ostrich family; Prince C. Buonaparte classed it with the Inepti or Dodos; Duvernay of Valenciennes with aquatic birds! There was clearly therefore room for difference of opinion, and Professor ...
— The Travels of Marco Polo, Volume 2 • Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa


Words linked to "Aepyornis" :   elephant bird, ratite bird, flightless bird, ratite


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