GENUS AEPYORNIS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Aepyornidae: elephant birds

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Aepyornis" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Aepyornis"):

aepyornis; elephant bird (huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar)

Holonyms ("genus Aepyornis" is a member of...):

Aepyornidae; family Aepyornidae (coextensive with the order Aepyorniformes)

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