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Noun: elephant bird  'e-lu-funt,burd
  1. Huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar
    - aepyornis

Derived forms: elephant birds

Type of: flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird

Part of: genus Aepyornis

Encyclopedia: Elephant bird