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    AEPYORNIS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascarplay

    Synonyms:

    aepyornis; elephant bird

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("aepyornis" is a kind of...):

    flightless bird; ratite; ratite bird (flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds)

    Holonyms ("aepyornis" is a member of...):

    genus Aepyornis (type genus of the Aepyornidae: elephant birds)

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