Definition of Order Struthioniformes

1. Noun. A ratite bird order: ostriches and related extinct birds; known from the Pleistocene onward.

Exact synonyms: Struthioniformes
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Aves, Class Aves
Member holonyms: Family Struthionidae, Struthionidae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Struthioniformes

order Siphonophora
order Sirenia
order Solenichthyes
order Solenogastres
order Spatangoida
order Sphaeriales
order Sphaerocarpales
order Sphagnales
order Sphenisciformes
order Spirochaetales
order Squamata
order Stegocephalia
order Stereospondyli
order Stomatopoda
order Strigiformes
order Struthioniformes (current term)
order Synentognathi
order Taxales
order Temnospondyli
order Testacea
order Testudinata
order Testudines
order Tetraodontiformes
order Thecodontia
order Therapsida
order Thymelaeales
order Thysanoptera
order Thysanura
order Tinamiformes
order Torpediniformes

Literary usage of Order Struthioniformes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1906)
"... Order STRUTHIONIFORMES. Ostriches and their allies ; BEEBE, Ann. Rep. New York Zool. Soc. il pp. 203-229. ..."

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