notornis

no·tor·nis  (n-tôrns)

n. pl. notornis

Any of several flightless New Zealand birds, now rare, of the genus Notornis, especially the takahe.

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[New Latin Notorns, genus name : Greek notos, south + Greek orns, bird; see or- in Indo-European roots.]

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notornis [nəʊˈtɔːnɪs]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a rare flightless rail of the genus Notornis, of New Zealand See takahe

[New Latin, from Greek notos south + ornis bird]

Thesaurus

Noun

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notornis - flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules Notornis mantelli, takahe rail - any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud genus Notornis - a genus of Rallidae