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Dinornis

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Di`nor´nis
n.1.(Paleon.) A genus of extinct, ostrichlike birds of gigantic size, which formerly inhabited New Zealand. See Moa.
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Noun1.Dinornis - type genus of the Dinornithidae: large moasDinornis - type genus of the Dinornithidae: large moas
genus Dinornis
bird genus - a genus of birds
Dinornithidae, family Dinornithidae - moas
Dinornis giganteus, giant moa - the largest moa; about 12 feet high
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Other than slight differences in some skull features, the three presumed Dinornis species have been distinguished only by their size, says Alan Cooper, a paleontologist at the University of Oxford in England.
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