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  • noun A genus of recently extinct birds which formerly inhabited Mauritius.

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  • Etym.: Gr. aphanes, invisible; Gr. pterux, a wing;

    A ground bird, incapable of flight (now extinct).

    See John's Errata Blog for Mar 22, 2009

    March 23, 2009