dinornis

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dinornis - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dinornis \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.] Dinosaur

dinornis - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Dinornis
      n 1: type genus of the Dinornithidae: large moas [syn:
           Dinornis, genus Dinornis]