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notornis definition

no·tor·nis (nō tôr′nis)

noun

any of a rare genus (Notornis) of nonflying gallinulelike birds of New Zealand

Etymology: ModL < Gr notos, the south (see Notogaea) + ornis, bird

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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