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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: AEpyornis \[AE]`py*or"nis\, n. [Gr. ? high + ? bird.] A gigantic bird found fossil in Madagascar. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Epiornis \Ep`i*or"nis\, n. [NL.: cf F. ['e]piornis. See {[AE]pyornis}.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the gigantic ostrichlike birds of the genus {[AE]piornis}, only recently extinct. Its remains have been found in Madagascar. [Written also {[AE]pyornis}.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: aepyornis n : huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar [syn: {elephant bird}]
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