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Meaning of 'struthiones' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Struthiones [ n. pl.]
- A division, or order, of birds, including only the African ostriches.
- 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.
2 . Struthiones [ pl. ]
- of Struthio