elephant bird

/ˌɛləfənt bərd/
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Other forms: elephant birds

Definitions of elephant bird
  1. noun
    huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar
    synonyms: aepyornis
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    type of:
    flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird
    any of a group of flightless bird species with flat, unkeeled breastbones, such as ostriches, cassowaries, emus, and kiwis
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