Elephant-bird Definition

noun

Any of the very large extinct flightless birds that comprise the genera Aepyornis and Mullerornis within family Aepyornithidae, and lived in Madagascar until the 17th or 18th century; especially Aepyornis maximus.

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Noun

Singular:
elephant-bird
Plural:
elephant-birds

Origin of Elephant-bird

  • Apparently from Marco Polo's description of the legendary rukh as being capable of seizing a small elephant.

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