Word Meaning

struthiones definition and meaning

pl. of Struthio
n. pl. A division, or order, of birds, including only the African ostriches.
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.