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ELEPHANT BIRD
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar
Synonyms:
aepyornis; elephant bird
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("elephant bird" 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 ("elephant bird" is a member of...):
genus Aepyornis (type genus of the Aepyornidae: elephant birds)
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