elephant bird

Anlam (İngilizce)

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.

Eş anlamlılar

aepyornis

emu

kiwi

moa

ostrich

Çeviriler

Laufvogel

æpyornis

aepyornis

aepyornithiformes

aépyornithiformes

loopvogel

ave-elefante

aepyornis

Etimoloji (İngilizce)

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