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struthious
[ stroo-thee-uhs ]
adjective
- resembling or related to the ostriches or other ratite birds.
struthious
/ ˈٰːθɪə /
adjective
- (of birds) related to or resembling the ostrich
- of, relating to, or designating all flightless (ratite) birds
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of struthious1
1765–75; < Late Latin ٰūٳ ( ō ) ostrich (< Late Greek ٰdzܳٳíō, derivative of Greek ٰdzܳٳó sparrow, bird; compare strouthòs ho mégas ostrich, literally, the big bird) + -ous
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of struthious1
C18: from Late Latin ٰūٳō, from Greek ٰdzܳٳō, from strouthos an ostrich
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In this 22-page opinion, we read words like exigible, pellucid, struthious, and supererogatory.
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Fossil diprotodons of gigantic size and struthious birds rivalling in stature the New Zealand moa, are found in Central Australia.
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The wings of struthious birds differ from those of the Carinatae, just described, in many ways.
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In both ostrich and Rhea, as well as in all the other struthious birds, the under surface of the wing is entirely bare.
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The first would serve to account for the few exceptional Struthious birds of the modern world.
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