Dinornis
Translingual
![](Images/wiktionary/Dinornis_maximus%252C_Natural_History_Museum_(PV_A_608).jpg.webp)
Alternative forms
- Deinornis
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, “terrible”) + ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”).
Proper noun
†Dinornis m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Dinornithidae – flightless birds of New Zealand, the giant moas, extinct since about 1500.
Synonyms
- (genus):Moa, Movia, Palapteryx, Owenia, Tylopteryx
Hypernyms
- (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
- (genus): Dinornis novaezelandiae, Dinornis robustus - species
References
Dinornis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dinornis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Dinornis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Dinornis at Paleology Database
- Dinornis at National Center for Biotechnology Information