单词 | aepyornis |
释义 | aepyornis (once / 223006 pages) n WORD FAMILY aepyornis: aepyornises USAGE EXAMPLESAepyornis maximus, which laid enormous eggs, and not unnaturally recalls the mythical “roc” that figures so largely in Arabian tales. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2010) Aepyornis looked like an outsized ostrich, standing three metres tall; most of them died out 1,000 years ago. BBC(Mar 10, 2010) I wonder how long it is since these Aepyornises really lived. Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incid...(2010) n huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar Syn|Hyper elephant bird flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds |
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