- family Dinornithidae
- nounmoas• Syn: ↑Dinornithidae• Hypernyms: ↑bird family• Member Holonyms: ↑Dinornithiformes, ↑order Dinornithiformes• Member Meronyms: ↑Dinornis, ↑genus Dinornis, ↑moa, ↑genus Anomalopteryx
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family Dinornithidae
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Dinornithidae — noun moas • Syn: ↑family Dinornithidae • Hypernyms: ↑bird family • Member Holonyms: ↑Dinornithiformes, ↑order Dinornithiformes • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
bird family — noun a family of warm blooded egg laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Struthionidae, ↑family Struthionidae, ↑Casuaridae, ↑family Casuaridae, ↑Apterygidae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Moa — This article is about the extinct New Zealand birds known as moa. For other uses, see Moa (disambiguation). Moa Temporal range: Miocene Holocene, 17–0 Ma … Wikipedia
Dinornis — noun type genus of the Dinornithidae: large moas • Syn: ↑genus Dinornis • Hypernyms: ↑bird genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Dinornithidae, ↑family Dinornithidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
genus Dinornis — noun type genus of the Dinornithidae: large moas • Syn: ↑Dinornis • Hypernyms: ↑bird genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Dinornithidae, ↑family Dinornithidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
moa — /moh euh/, n. any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century. [1810 20; < Maori] * * * Any of 13–25 species of extinct… … Universalium
Mappin's Moa — Conservation status Extinct Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
List of families — This is a list of families used in scientific classification.=Kingdom Animalia=Phylum ChordataClass AvesOrder Accipitriformes* Family Accipitridae: hawks, eagles, buzzards, Old World vultures, and allies * Family Cathartidae: New World vultures * … Wikipedia
Dinornithiformes — noun a ratite bird order: recently extinct flightless birds of New Zealand • Syn: ↑order Dinornithiformes • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
genus Anomalopteryx — noun small moas • Hypernyms: ↑bird genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Dinornithidae, ↑family Dinornithidae • Member Meronyms: ↑anomalopteryx, ↑Anomalopteryx oweni … Useful english dictionary
