elephant bird

Significat (Anglès)

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

Traduccions

æpyornis

aepyornis

aepyornithiformes

aépyornithiformes

ave-elefante

aepyornis

Etimologia (Anglès)

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

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