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Definition: Struthiones
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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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].
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