struthious

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The bird "phylum" was struthious, and wings grew out of rudimentary forelimbs.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or resembling an ostrich or a related bird; ratite.

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  • We'll either confront the lies permeating our political public sphere, the endless parade of distractions or diversions, or Thomas Friedman argued that a response of "drill, baby, drill" to the current energy crisis is about as struthious as arguing "typewriters, baby, typewriters" at the dawn of the PC. —  Concurring Opinions
  • The bird "phylum" was struthious, and wings grew out of rudimentary forelimbs. —  Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1
  • It must have been that of the struthious birds or that of the carinate birds, or something different from both. —  On the Genesis of Species
  • If it was that of the carinate birds, how did the struthious birds and —  On the Genesis of Species
  • Nevertheless, the view has been put forward and ably maintained by the same Professor, [54] as also by Professor Cope in the United States, that the line of descent from reptiles to birds has not been from ordinary reptiles, through pterodactyle-like forms, to ordinary birds, but to the struthious ones from certain extinct reptiles termed —  On the Genesis of Species
 

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  1. From Late Latin strūthiō, ostrich, from Late Greek strouthiōn, from Greek strouthos.

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  1. from New Latin Struthio + -ous.
 

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/ˈstruθɪəs/
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