Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun notornis

1 sense of notornis

Sense 1
notornis, takahe, Notornis mantelli -- (flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules)
       => rail -- (any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud)