(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:05:17

Di*nor"nis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. terrible + bird.] Paleon.

A genus of extinct, ostrichlike birds of gigantic size, which formerly inhabited New Zealand. See Moa.

[Written also Deinornis.]

 

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