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Definition of Elephant bird
1. Noun. Huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar.
Generic synonyms: Flightless Bird, Ratite, Ratite Bird
Group relationships: Genus Aepyornis
Definition of Elephant bird
1. Noun. Any of an extinct family of flightless birds comprising the genera ''Aepyornis'' and ''Mullerornis''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elephant Bird
Literary usage of Elephant bird
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves by Laura Riley, William Riley (2005)
"... diet including worms and mollusks they can find only by probing deep into
mudflats, leading to their nickname "elephant bird" in Southeast Asia. ..."
2. The Story of We-than-da-ya: A Buddhist Legend, Sketched from the Burmese by L. Allan Goss (1886)
"Can it " be that the great elephant bird Hat-tee-lain-ga " tha-koo-na, * has "
swooped down and carried them off? Oh ! who can have taken my " children away ..."
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