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GENUS AEPYORNIS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Type genus of the Aepyornidae: elephant birds
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Aepyornis" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Aepyornis"):
aepyornis; elephant bird (huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar)
Holonyms ("genus Aepyornis" is a member of...):
Aepyornidae; family Aepyornidae (coextensive with the order Aepyorniformes)
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