genus aepyornis

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Aepyornidae: elephant birds (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird genus,
definition	:	a genus of birds (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	aepyornis, elephant bird,
definition	:	huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	aepyornidae, family aepyornidae,
definition	:	coextensive with the order Aepyorniformes (noun.animal)