Aepyornis

aepyornis Translingual Alternative forms mul Aepiornis Æpyornis Etymology From mul grc αἰπύς high and grc ὄρνις bird. Noun †1 m genus family Aepyornithidae elephant birds, large, extinct birds of Madagascar en mul The Condor 21 100 Calculations in displacement show the Aepyornis egg to be equivalent to each of the following number of eggs of modern species Some notes on the egg of Aepyornis maximus June 6 1919 WM. C. Bradbury https://books.google.com/books?id=rbRFAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22the%20aepyornis%22&pg=PA100#v=onepage&q=%22the%20aepyornis%22&f=false en mul The Aye-Aye and I Gerald Durrell 1994 Although enormous, the Aepyornis was incapable of treating elephants in this cavalier fashion - even baby elephants - since, like the ostrich, it could not fly. https://books.google.com/books?id=ylBOuT93FsAC&lpg=PA6&dq=%22the%20aepyornis%22&pg=PA6#v=onepage&q=%22the%20aepyornis%22&f=false 6 en mul The Birds World Nicolae Sfetcu 2014 Whilst it is often believed that the extinction of the Aepyornis was an effect of human actions, a study in 2000, by a team of archaeologists from Sheffield University and Royal Holloway University in the UK, suggests otherwise. https://books.google.com/books?id=irOaBQAAQBAJ&lpg=PT823&dq=%22the%20aepyornis%22&pg=PT823#v=onepage&q=%22the%20aepyornis%22&f=false References "aepyornis." Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster, 2002. Further reading English Etymology From scientific Latin mul Aepyornis (genus name). Pronunciation en /iːpɪˈɔːnɪs/ UK Noun An elephant bird of the genus Aepyornis. en 1894 H. G. Wells Aepyornis Island I wonder how long it is since these Aepyornises really lived. en 2000 w:Errol Fuller Extinct Birds 35 Oxford For how long the Aepyornis survived the arrival of Europeans was, and remains, a mystery. en Ratites