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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. type genus of the Dinornithidae: large moas;
[syn: Dinornis, genus Dinornis]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dinornis \Di*nor"nis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? terrible + ? bird.]
   (Paleon.)
   A genus of extinct, ostrichlike birds of gigantic size, which
   formerly inhabited New Zealand. See Moa. [Written also
   Deinornis.] Dinosaur


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Dinornis
    n 1: type genus of the Dinornithidae: large moas [syn:
         Dinornis, genus Dinornis]