Found 2 items, similar to AEpyornis.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: aepyornis aepyornis n : huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar [syn: elephant bird]
English → English (gcide) Definition: AEpyornis aepyornis \aepyornis\, ||AEpyornis \[AE]`py*or"nis\, n. [Gr. ? high + ? bird.] A gigantic (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird, of which fossils were found in Madagascar. Syn: elephant bird [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] Epiornis \Ep`i*or"nis\, n. [NL.: cf. F. ['e]piornis. See [AE]pyornis.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the gigantic ostrichlike birds of the genus [AE]piornis, only recently extinct. Its remains have been found in Madagascar. [Written also [AE]pyornis.] [1913 Webster]