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Definition of Aepyornis
1. Noun. Huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar.
Generic synonyms: Flightless Bird, Ratite, Ratite Bird
Group relationships: Genus Aepyornis
Definition of Aepyornis
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Medical Definition of Aepyornis
1. A gigantic bird found fossil in Madagascar. Origin: Gr. High + bird. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aepyornis
Literary usage of Aepyornis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: Concerning the Kingdoms and by Marco Polo, Henri Cordier, Henry Yule (1903)
"Bianconi concludes that on the same scale of proportion as the condor's, the
great quills of the aepyornis would be about 10 feet long, and the spread of ..."
2. Bibliotheca Zoologica by Julius Victor Carus, Wilhelm Engelmann (1905)
"Recherches sur les affinités naturelles de l'aepyornis. (Extrait.) in : Compt.
... Ulteriori osservazioni sulla tibia e sul tarso-metatarso dell' aepyornis. ..."
3. The Book of Ser Marco Polo: The Venetian by Marco Polo (1903)
"Bianconi concludes that on the same scale of proportion as the condor's, the
great quills of the aepyornis would be about 10 feet long, and the spread of ..."
4. The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: Concerning the Kingdoms and by Marco Polo (1875)
"And I must add that in Professor Owen's opinion there is no reasonable doubt that
the aepyornis was a bird allied to the Ostriches. ..."
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