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- noun A genus of recently extinct birds which formerly inhabited Mauritius.
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oroboros commented on the word aphanapteryx
Etym.: Gr. aphanes, invisible; Gr. pterux, a wing;
A ground bird, incapable of flight (now extinct).
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March 23, 2009