AEpyornis

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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