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Definition of Cursores
1. n. pl. An order of running birds including the ostrich, emu, and allies; the Ratitaæ.
Definition of Cursores
1. in old classifications, running birds [n]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cursores
Literary usage of Cursores
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Secession; Or, Despotism and Democracy at Necessary by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"SUB-SECTION V. THE ORDER OF cursores, OR RUNNERS. THE Order of cursores comprises
birds of great size, with the neck and legs very long, and the wings ..."
2. Natural History: A Manual of Zoology for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1872)
"SUB-SECTION V. THE ORDER OF cursores, OR RUNNERS. THE Order of cursores comprises
birds of great size, with the neck and legs very long, and the wings ..."
3. A Dictionary of the Bible, Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Robertson Smith (1896)
"... order cursores. Oth niel. Son of Kenaz, and younger brother of Caleb, Josh.
xv. 17; Judg. i. 13, iii. 9 ; l Chr. iv. 13. But these passages all leave it ..."
4. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1885)
"Quasi cursores: Portraits of the High Officers and Professors of the University
of Edinburgh at its Tercentenary Festival. Drawn and Etched by WILLIAM HOLE, ..."
5. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"Norway partridges feed in the winter upon the buds of trees or shrubs, and the
small stalks on which these buds stand. [Order cursores. ..."
6. Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories by Geological Survey of the Territories (U.S.) (1873)
"Fish-hawks were only met with on the North Fork of Snake River; here I shot one
specimen as it was soaring around its nest. Sub-class 2.-cursores ..."
7. Reports on Zoology for 1843, 1844 by Andreas Johann Wagner, Franz Hermann Troschel, Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson, Carl Th. Ernst Siebold (1847)
"cursores. The most important discovery which has been made in this year is the
indication of a gigantic bird of the short- winged order, named by Owen ..."
8. Natural History of Animals: Containing Brief Descriptions of the Animals by Sanborn Tenney (1875)
"RUNNERS, OR cursores. These are the Ostriches and their relations. They are very
large birds with long legs and rudimentary wings. The Camel-Bird, or great ..."
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