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notornises

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no⋅tor⋅nis

  [noh-tawr-nis]
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–noun
a rare, flightless gallinulelike bird, Notornis mantelli, of New Zealand.
Also called takahe.

Origin:
1840–50; < NL: name of the genus < Gk nót(os) the south + órnis bird
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