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Struthiones logo #21002• (n. pl.) 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 Ratitae, or Dromaeognathae. • (pl. ) of Struthio • (n. pl.) A division, or order, of birds, including only the African ostriches.Struthiones: words in the d...
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Struthiones

Struthiones logo #20972Stru`thi·o'nes noun plural [ New Latin See Struthio .] (Zoology) (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 ...
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