单词 | elephant bird |
释义 | > as lemmaselephant bird elephant bird n. a large fossil bird of the genus Æpyornis, found in Madagascar. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > unspecified and miscellaneous birds > [noun] > extinct or fossil > extinct or fossil types moa1839 Dinornis1843 Aepyornis1851 Archaeopteryx1862 Hesperornis1871 ichthyornis1872 elephant bird1889 mamo1891 1889 Cent. Dict. Elephant-bird. 1933 A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleontol. x. 214 In Madagascar lived a number of species of ‘elephant-birds’. 1969 New Scientist 13 Mar. 20/1 The peculiar and often bizarre forms evolved in isolation: species such as..the elephant-bird in Madagascar. < as lemmas |
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