Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
/nə(ʊ)ˈtɔːnɪs/ · noun
(New Zealand) The takahe, Porphyrio mantelli, a flightless rail native to New Zealand..
The weather had been exceptionally severe, and it is supposed that this was how the Notornis came to be found on the flats, having been driven down from the high country.
Use notornis when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Notornis means (New Zealand) The takahe, Porphyrio mantelli, a flightless rail native to New Zealand..
Common synonyms include takahe, notornis mantelli.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The weather had been exceptionally severe, and it is supposed that this was how the Notornis came to be found on the flats, having been driven down from the high country.
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.