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Definition of elephant bird
elephant bird
Plural:elephant birds
• noun
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Any of the extinct, giant, flightless birds of the family Aepyornithidae that were historically native to the island of Madagascar, characterized by their massive size (reaching up to 3 meters in height) and extraordinarily large eggs.
Example
"The museum displayed the reconstructed skeleton of an elephant bird, allowing visitors to marvel at the immense scale of the extinct ratite."
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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Elephant bird. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Oct 17, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/elephant%20bird