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elephant bird

DEFINITIONS OF: elephant bird

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n huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar

Synonyms:
aepyornis
Type of:
flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird
flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds
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