Dictionary Definitions, Synomyns, Antonyms, and related words for Dinornis
Definitions for: Dinornis
[n] type genus of the Dinornithidae: large moas
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.]