Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot
| Käännös | |
|---|---|
| Substantiivit | |
| 1. | epiornite {m} |
Määritelmät
Substantiivit
- Any of the very large extinct flightless birds that make up the genera Aepyornis and Mullerornis within family Aepyornithidae, and lived in Madagascar until the 17th or 18th century; especially †Aepyornis maximus.
Esimerkit
- The fossil record is also poor for moa and the aepyornid elephant birds, in that both are mainly known from remains that date from historical times.
- Another very notable feature of Madagascar was the elephant bird , an enormous relative of the ostrich which reached 3 m in height.
- All[of order Struthioniformes] except tinamous are flightless; they include the largest birds ever known (moas and elephant birds) and the largest living bird (Ostrich).
Taivutusmuodot
| Monikko | elephant birds |