Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: Raphus cucullatus
  1. Extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons
    "The last Raphus cucullatus was seen in the late 17th century";
    - dodo

Type of: columbiform bird

Part of: genus Raphus, Raphus

Encyclopedia: Raphus cucullatus