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struthiones |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Struthiones \Stru`thi*o"nes\, n. pl [NL. See {Struthio}.] (Zo["o]l.) a A division, or order of birds, including only the African ostriches. b In a wider sense an extensive group of birds including the ostriches, cassowaries, emus, moas, and allied birds incapable of flight. In this sense it is equivalent to {Ratit[ae]}, or {Drom[ae]ognath[ae]}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Struthio \Stru"thi*o\, n.; pl {Struthiones}. [L., an ostrich, fr Gr ?.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of birds including the African ostriches.
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