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Webster 1913 Edition
Notornis
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No-tor′nis
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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
νότοσ
the south, or southwest + [GREEK] bird.] (Zool.)
A genus of birds allied to the gallinules, but having rudimentary wings and incapable of flight.
Notornis Mantelli
was first known as a fossil bird of New Zealand, but subsequently a few individuals were found living on the southern island. It is supposed to be now nearly or quite extinct. Definition 2024
Notornis
Notornis
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Translingual
Proper noun
Notornis f
Hyponyms
- (genus): Notornis mantelli ⇒ Porphyrio mantelli, Notornis mantelli hochstetteri ⇒ Porphyrio hochstetteri, Notornis mantelli mantelli ⇒ Porphyrio mantelli - species
notornis
notornis
See also: Notornis
English
Noun
notornis
- (New Zealand) The takahe, Porphyrio mantelli, a flightless rail native to New Zealand. [from 19th c.]