elephant bird

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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.

Συνώνυμα

aepyornis

emu

kiwi

moa

ostrich

Μεταφράσεις

Laufvogel

æpyornis

aepyornis

aepyornithiformes

aépyornithiformes

loopvogel

ave-elefante

aepyornis

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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