[noh-tawr-nis] 
| a rare, flightless gallinulelike bird, Notornis mantelli, of New Zealand. |
| no·tor·nis (nō-tôr'nĭs) n. pl. notornis Any of several flightless New Zealand birds, now rare, of the genus Notornis, especially the takahe. [New Latin Notornīs, genus name : Greek notos, south + Greek ornīs, bird; see or- in Indo-European roots.] |
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