'AEpyornis' definitions:
Definition of 'aepyornis'
From: WordNet
noun
Huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar [syn: elephant bird, aepyornis]
Definition of 'AEpyornis'
From: GCIDE
- Epiornis \Ep`i*or"nis\, n. [NL.: cf. F. ['e]piornis. See [AE]pyornis.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the gigantic ostrichlike birds of the genus [AE]piornis, only recently extinct. Its remains have been found in Madagascar. [Written also [AE]pyornis.] [1913 Webster]