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Noun: aepyornis
  1. Huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar
    "Fossil evidence suggests the aepyornis was the largest bird to have ever lived";
    - elephant bird

Derived forms: aepyornises

Type of: flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird

Part of: genus Aepyornis

Encyclopedia: Aepyornis