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aepyornis |
(n): huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar
(n): 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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Also called elephant birds, aepyornis were an extinct family of flightless birds comprising the genera Aepyornis and Mullerornis.