aepyornidae

English Thesaurus

1. coextensive with the order Aepyorniformes (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird family,
definition	:	a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus aepyornis,
definition	:	type genus of the Aepyornidae: elephant birds (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	aepyorniformes, order aepyorniformes,
definition	:	huge extinct flightless birds: elephant birds (noun.animal)