struthiones Meaning, Definition & Usage

Stru`thi*o"nes noun plural

Etymology

NL. See Struthio.

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) (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 Ratitæ, or Dromæognathæ.