aepyornis

English Thesaurus

1. huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird,
definition	:	flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus aepyornis,
definition	:	type genus of the Aepyornidae: elephant birds (noun.animal)