Dinornis

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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



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Dinornis
       n : type genus of the Dinornithidae: large moas [syn: {genus
           Dinornis}]