Genus Dinornis (Noun)
Meaning
Type genus of the Dinornithidae: large moas.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Dinornis is a moa genus of large and massive birds that roamed the forests of New Zealand mainland.
- The genus Dinornis consists of two species of moa; the giant moa and the smooth-fronted moa.
- Studies suggest that the genus Dinornis went extinct at the turn of the fifteenth century.
- Reconstruction efforts to visualize the genus Dinornis, in the form of entire mounted skeletons, are seen in museums today.
- Dinornis was thought to be the Type genus of the Dinornithidae family that included 11 known species of moas.