Struthiones

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Struthio \Stru"thi*o\, n.; pl. {Struthiones}. [L., an ostrich,
     fr. Gr. ?.] (Zool.)
     A genus of birds including the African ostriches.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]