Definition of Struthio

1. Noun. Type genus of the Struthionidae: African ostriches.

Exact synonyms: Genus Struthio
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Struthionidae, Struthionidae
Member holonyms: Ostrich, Struthio Camelus

Definition of Struthio

1. n. A genus of birds including the African ostriches.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Struthio

Strombus
Strombus gigas
Strong Island
Strongylodon
Strongylodon macrobotrys
Strontian
Stroop effect
Strophanthus kombe
Stropharia
Stropharia ambigua
Stropharia hornemannii
Stropharia rugoso-annulata
Strophariaceae
Struga
Strumica
Struthio
Struthio camelus
Struthionidae
Struthioniformes
Stryker
Strykers
Strymon
Strymon melinus
Sts'Ailes
Stu
Stuart
Stuart Davis
Stubbs
Stuckism
Stuckist

Literary usage of Struthio

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

1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"struthio, Lin. The Ostriches have wings furnished with loose and flexible ... struthio camelus, L.; Enl. 457.(3) (The Ostrich of the Eastern Continent. ..."

2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"struthio, Lin. The Ostriches have wings furnished with loose and flexible feathers, but still sufficiently long to increase their speed in running. ..."

3. Ostriches and Ostrich Farming by Julius de Mosenthal, James Edmund Harting (1877)
"struthio camelus,1 LINN^US. The ostrich — Brief description of old and young — Its antiquity as a species — The ostrich in Scripture and in history ..."

4. Appleton's New Practical Cyclopedia: A New Work of Reference Based Upon the by George J Hagar (1910)
"... distinguished by its great size and by having only two toes on each foot. Its scientific name is struthio ..."

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