- genus Dinornis
- nountype genus of the Dinornithidae: large moas• Syn: ↑Dinornis• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Dinornithidae, ↑family Dinornithidae• Member Meronyms: ↑giant moa, ↑Dinornis giganteus
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genus Dinornis
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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
Dinornis giganteus — noun the largest moa; about 12 feet high • Syn: ↑giant moa • Hypernyms: ↑moa • Member Holonyms: ↑Dinornis, ↑genus Dinornis … Useful english dictionary
Dinornis — Di*nor nis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? terrible + ? bird.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct, ostrichlike birds of gigantic size, which formerly inhabited New Zealand. See {Moa}. [Written also {Deinornis}.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Dinornis — genus of extinct giant flightless birds that are popularly known as moas. See moa. * * * … Universalium
bird genus — noun a genus of birds • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑genus Protoavis, ↑genus Archaeopteryx, ↑genus Archeopteryx, ↑genus Sinornis, ↑genus Ibero mesornis, ↑gen … Useful english dictionary
Ardea (genus) — Megalornis redirects here. This name was also (invalidly) given to the pseudotooth bird genus Dasornis by Harry Govier Seeley and proposed (but not adopted) for the moa genus Dinornis by Richard Owen. Ardea Pied Heron … Wikipedia
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
