notornis

no·tor·nis

N0174600 (nō-tôr′nĭs)n. pl. notornis A takahe.

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[New Latin Notornīs, former genus name : Greek notos, south + Greek ornīs, bird; see or- in Indo-European roots.]

notornis

(nəʊˈtɔːnɪs) n (Animals) a rare flightless rail of the genus Notornis, of New Zealand. See takahe[C19: New Latin, from Greek notos south + ornis bird]

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notornis - flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinulesNotornis mantelli, takaherail - any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mudgenus Notornis - a genus of Rallidae