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elephant birds

elephant birds is the plural of elephant bird.

Meaning of elephant bird

Noun

elephant bird (plural elephant birds)

  1. Any of the very large extinct flightless birds that make up the genera Aepyornis and Mullerornis within family Aepyornithidae, and lived in Madagascar until the 17th or 18th century; especially †Aepyornis maximus.
    • The fossil record is also poor for moa and the aepyornid elephant birds, in that both are mainly known from remains that date from historical times.2002, Gregory S. Paul, Dinosaurs of the Air: The Evolution and Loss of Flight in Dinosaurs and Birds, page 306

Questions about elephant birds

What is elephant birds the plural of?
Elephant birds is the plural of elephant bird.

Words near elephant birds in the dictionary

  1. elephant apple
  2. elephant apples
  3. elephant beetle
  4. elephant beetles
  5. elephant bird
  6. elephant birds
  7. elephant bush
  8. elephant calf
  9. elephant creeper
  10. elephant creepers
  11. elephant door

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