'Struthiones' definitions:
Definition of 'Struthiones'
From: GCIDE
- Struthio \Stru"thi*o\, n.; pl. Struthiones. [L., an ostrich, fr. Gr. ?.] (Zool.) A genus of birds including the African ostriches. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Struthiones'
From: GCIDE
- Struthiones \Stru`thi*o"nes\, n. pl. [NL. See Struthio.] (Zool.) (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 Ratitae, or Dromaeognathae. [1913 Webster]