Examples of 'elephant bird' in a sentence

Meaning of "elephant bird"

elephant bird - Elephant bird refers to an extinct species of giant, flightless birds that were native to Madagascar. They are known for their massive size and distinctive appearance
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  • Any of the very large extinct flightless birds that make up the genera Aepyornis and Mullerornis within family Aepyornithidae, and lived in Madagascar until the 17th or 18th century; especially Aepyornis maximus.

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So maybe he heard stories of the elephant bird.
Here is an elephant bird egg.
The elephant bird stood more than three metres tall.
We are not sure when the elephant bird went extinct.
The elephant bird Aepyornis maximus was last recorded around the end of the 17th century.
But that did not save the elephant bird in the long run.
It is supposed that this is the Madagascar Elephant Bird.
The extinction of the elephant bird is attributed to human activity.
And that 's what gave it the name of elephant bird.
Nonetheless, the elephant bird did ultimately disappear.
The closest relatives to kiwi today is the elephant bird from Madagascar.
A chop mark on an elephant bird bone was probably made with a large, sharp tool.
Presumably, one was the elephant bird.
If you encountered an elephant bird today, it would be hard to miss.
And, also like the ostrich, this elephant bird could not fly.

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Dodo bone, elephant bird egg for auction at Christie 's.
Unlike the legendary roc, the elephant bird could not fly.
Aepyornis, the Elephant Bird whose last specimen died only about 300 years ago.
Aepyornis, the elephant bird.
The newly identified elephant bird species Vorombe titan, the largest bird on record.
Later, it was ( again ) erroneously classified as another elephant bird species, A. maximus.
An intact and complete Elephant Bird Egg, Madagascar, 17th-century or earlier.
Recently human tool marks have been found on elephant bird bones dating to approximately 10,000 BCE.
It " s an elephant bird.
So, why did the elephant bird disappear?

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