Notornis
[nәu'tɔ:nis]
解释:
(n.) 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 Zealand, but subsequently a few individuals were found living on the southern island. It is supposed to be now nearly or quite extinct.
卡梅拉整理
解释:
n. a genus of gigantic ralline birds with wings so much reduced as to be incapable of flight which have within historical times become extinct in New Zealand &c.
校对:桑福德