Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Any of an extinct family of flightless birds comprising the genera Aepyornis and Mullerornis.
WordNet 3.0
- n. huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘elephant bird’.
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Animal Identity Crisis
Creatures that are described in terms of other animals. Usual rules apply: look at the entries and you'll get the hang of it :-) I could say 'no madeupicals' but, jeeperz, I'd have to put myself on...
squirrel fish, birddog, whale shark, leopard seal, rhinoceros beetle, parrotfish, lion tamarin, bumblebee bat, cow sharks, tiger moth, dogfish, smoothhound shark and 122 more...
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Prehistoric and Extinct Birds
Does not include "protobirds," which are still dinosaurs (and thus are left on my Dinosaurs list). (They are tagged as such for easier identification, though surely I missed a lot of them.)
aquatilavipes, jibeinia, ichthyornis, iberomesornis, hesperornis, eoalulavis, enantiornithes, phororhacos, otogornis, confuciusornis, gastornis, diatryma and 404 more...
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Extinct Animals
Some extinct animals, prehistoric and 'modern'
dodo, megatherium, auroch, woolly mammoth, mastodon, quagga, smilodon, elephant bird, passenger pigeon, great auk, tarpan, thylacine and 21 more...

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