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Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules
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notornis
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Notornis \No*tor"nis\, prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr. no`tos the south, or southwest + ? bird.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of birds allied to the gallinules, but having rudimentary wings and incapable of flight. Notornis Mantelli was first known as a fossil bird of New ...
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n. flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules [syn: takahe , Notornis mantelli ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context New Zealand English) The takahe, (taxlink Porphyrio mantelli species noshow=1), a flightless rail native to New Zealand. (from 19th c.)