elephant bird

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.
    — 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.

词形变化

elephant birds plural elephantbird alternative

词源

Apparently from Marco Polo's description of the legendary roc as being capable of seizing a small elephant.
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