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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Struthioniformes — the extinctelephant birds .
Etymologies
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Aepyornis + -idae
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These included several species of elephant birds (Aepyornithidae), including the world’s largest bird species (Aepyornis maximus), a giant tortoise, and several species of lemurs most of which were large bodied species, some larger than female gorillas today.
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