Deinornis

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

  Deinornis \Dei*nor"nis\, n. [NL.] (Paleon.)
     See {Dinornis}.
     [1913 Webster]

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



  Dinornis \Di*nor"nis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? terrible + ? bird.]
     (Paleon.)
     A genus of extinct, ostrichlike birds of gigantic size, which
     formerly inhabited New Zealand. See {Moa}. [Written also
     {Deinornis}.] Dinosaur