| dinornis | (n) type genus of the Dinornithidae: large moas, Syn. genus Dinornis |
| dinornithidae | (n) moas, Syn. family Dinornithidae |
| dinornithiformes | (n) a ratite bird order: recently extinct flightless birds of New Zealand, Syn. order Dinornithiformes |
| Dinornis | ‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; terrible + &unr_; bird. ] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct, ostrichlike birds of gigantic size, which formerly inhabited New Zealand. See Moa. |