ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈtȯrnə̇s noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek mesitēs + New Latin -ornis
: a genus that consists of two species ( M. variegata and M. unicolor ) of Madagascan birds related to the rails but resembling thrushes and that with the monotypic genus Monias forms the family Mesitornithidae