But if Nature deprived these birds of wings, she made ample amends in the matter of legs, those of some species, the Elephant-footed Moa, Pachyornis elephantopus, for example, being so massively built as to cause one to wonder what the owner used them for, although the generally accepted theory is that they were used for scratching up the roots of ferns on which the Moas are believed to have fed.
"Animals of the Past"
Frederic A. Lucas
It was a gigantic tortoise-a specimen of Testudo elephantopus-a huge cumbersome brute.
"The Blue Germ"
Martin Swayne
