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Definition of Aepyornis

AEpyornis
AEpyornis [AE]`py*or"nis, n. [Gr. ? high + ? bird.] A gigantic bird found fossil in Madagascar.

Meaning of Aepyornis from wikipedia

- maximus. ?Aepyornis grandidieri Rowley 1867 nomen dubium Aepyornis hildebrandti Burckhardt, 1893 Aepyornis gracilis Monnier, 1913 Aepyornis lentus Milne-Edwards...
- comprised three species, one in the genus Mullerornis, and two in Aepyornis. Aepyornis maximus is possibly the largest bird to have ever lived, with their...
- "Æpyornis Island", or "Aepyornis Island", is a short story by H. G. Wells, first published in 1894 in the Pall Mall Budget. It was included in The Stolen...
- destro**** in a fire in 1995) Mullerornis is smaller than the more well-known Aepyornis, with a still substantial body m**** of approximately 80 kilograms (180 lb)...
- Devotee of Art" (Science Schools Journal, nos. 24–25, Nov.–Dec. 1888) "Æpyornis Island" (Pall Mall Budget, 13 December 1894) "A Deal in Ostriches" (Pall...
- bird (being exceeded in size by those of the extinct elephant bird genus Aepyornis). The s**** has a long history of use by humans as a container and for...
- myth is accounts of eggs of another extinct Malagasy bird, the enormous Aepyornis elephant bird, hunted to extinction by the 16th century, that was three...
- Megalapteryx didinus † Hildebrandt's elephant bird, Aepyornis hildebrandtiGiant elephant bird, Aepyornis maximusLesser elephant bird, Mullerornis modestus...
- 1400 due to hunting by Māori settlers, who arrived around A.D. 1280. Aepyornis maximus, the "elephant bird" of Madagascar, was the heaviest bird ever...
- Aepyornithomimus (meaning "Aepyornis mimic") is a genus of ornithomimid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Djadokhta Formation in Mongolia. It...