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Epiornis
Epˊi-or′nis
,Noun.
[NL.: cf. F.
épiornis
. See Æpyornis
.] (Zoöl.)
One of the gigantic ostrichlike birds of the genus
Æpiornis
, only recently extinct. Its remains have been found in Madagascar. [Written also
Æpyornis
.]