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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar;
[syn: elephant bird, aepyornis]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

aepyornis \aepyornis\, AEpyornis \[AE]`py*or"nis\, n. [Gr. ? high + ? bird.] A gigantic (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird, of which fossils were found in Madagascar. Syn: elephant bird [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Epiornis \Ep`i*or"nis\, n. [NL.: cf. F. ['e]piornis. See [AE]pyornis.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the gigantic ostrichlike birds of the genus [AE]piornis, only recently extinct. Its remains have been found in Madagascar. [Written also [AE]pyornis.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

aepyornis n 1: huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar [syn: elephant bird, aepyornis]