dinornis giganteus

1. 1.

   the largest moa; about 12 feet high

   Synonymsgiant moa

   Broadermoa

   Part ofDinornis

Questions about dinornis giganteus

What does dinornis giganteus mean?

dinornis giganteus means "the largest moa; about 12 feet high".

What is another word for dinornis giganteus?

Close synonyms include giant moa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dinornis giganteus a common word?

dinornis giganteus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.