elephantbird
elephantbird is the alternative form of elephant bird.
Meaning of elephant bird
Noun
elephant bird (plural elephant birds)
- 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
Forms of elephantbird
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- What is elephantbird the alternative form of?
- Elephantbird is the alternative form of elephant bird.
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