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Word: anomalopteryx (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...moas. Dr. Geoffrey B. Orbell, who had proved that the supposedly extinct takahe, a member of the rail family, was flourishing in southwestern South Island (TIME, Dec. 20), was out for bigger game. Though the supersized moas are dead & gone, Dr. Orbell has hopes that the little (turkey-sized) Anomalopteryx moa has not yet kicked its last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Moa in Aspic | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

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