Dinornis
Translingual
Alternative forms
- Deinornis
Etymology
From dino- (“terrifying”) + -ornis.
Proper noun
†Dinornis m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Dinornithidae – flightless birds of New Zealand (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
- Category:Dinornis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Dinornis at Paleobiology Database
- Dinornis at National Center for Biotechnology Information