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elephant bird vs flightless bird

flightless bird vs elephant bird

elephant bird and flightless bird both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
elephant bird Yes No No No
flightless bird Yes No No No
As nouns, flightless bird is a hypernym of elephant bird; that is, flightless bird is a word with a broader meaning than elephant bird:
  • elephant bird: huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar
  • flightless bird: flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches, cassowaries, emus, moas, rheas, kiwis, elephant birds
Other hypernyms of elephant bird include ratite, ratite bird.
elephant bird (noun) flightless bird (noun)
huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches, cassowaries, emus, moas, rheas, kiwis, elephant birds
Difference between elephant bird and flightless bird

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