(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:26:45

Ep`i*or"nis (?), n. [NL.: cf. F. 'epiornis. See Aepyornis.] Zool.

One of the gigantic ostrichlike birds of the genus Aepiornis, only recently extinct. Its remains have been found in Madagascar.

[Written also Aepyornis.]

 

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