Dinornis
Translingual edit
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Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, “terrible”) + ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”).
Proper noun edit
†Dinornis m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Dinornithidae – flightless birds of New Zealand (giant moas), extinct since about 1500.
Synonyms edit
- (genus): Moa, Movia, Palapteryx, Owenia, Tylopteryx
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Paleognathae - infraclass; Struthioniformes - order; Dinornithidae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Dinornis novaezelandiae, Dinornis robustus - species
References edit
Dinornis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Dinornis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Dinornis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Dinornis at Paleobiology Database
- Dinornis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
