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‖ Dromornis|drəʊˈmɔːnɪs| Also Dromæornis. [f. δρόµος course, race, or mod.L. Dromæus emu + ὄρνις bird.] A genus of extinct Australian ratite birds allied to the Emu.
1872Owen in Proc. Zool. Soc. 682. 1895 C. Dixon in Fortn. Rev. Apr. 642 Among extinct types..we have the Dromornis of Australia, the æpyornis of Madagascar. |