Definition of Elephant bird

1. Noun. Huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar.

Exact synonyms: Aepyornis
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

eleo-
eleoma
eleometer
eleopathy
eleoptene
eleoptenes
eleostearic acid
eleotherapy
elephant
elephant's
elephant's-foot
elephant's ear
elephant's teeth
elephant's trunk
elephant-tusk
elephant bird (current term)
elephant birds
elephant ear
elephant in the corner
elephant in the room
elephant juice
elephant leg
elephant man's disease
elephant polo
elephant seal
elephant seals
elephant shrew
elephant shrews
elephant tree
elephant yam

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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