elephant bird
An elephant bird, Aepyornis hildebrandti
Meaning
Noun
- Any of the very large extinct flightless birds that make up the genera Aepyornis and Mullerornis (genus) within family Aepyornithidae, and lived in Madagascar until the 17th or 18th century; especially Aepyornis maximus (species).
Origin
- Apparently from Marco Polo's description of the legendary rukh as being capable of seizing a small elephant.
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