Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- The ostriches in a broad sense; the struthious or ratite birds. See
Ratitæ , and cuts under cassowary, Dromæus, emu, ostrich, and Rhea. - An ordinal group restricted to the genus Struthio.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural A division, or order, of birds, including only the African ostriches.
- noun plural 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 , orDromæognathæ .
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Postremò afferuntur aquilæ, struthiones, gryphandi, accipitres, et papingi, cum diuersis auibus et auiculis, nec non serpentes ac pisces, quorum portitores inclinant profundè, quoniam dicunt omnes terrenas creaturas debere adorationem
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Postrem� afferuntur aquil�, struthiones, gryphandi, accipitres, et papingi, cum diuersis auibus et auiculis, nec non serpentes ac pisces, quorum portitores inclinant profund�, quoniam dicunt omnes terrenas creaturas debere adorationem
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Postremò afferuntur aquilæ, struthiones, gryphandi, accipitres, et papingi, cum diuersis auibus et auiculis, nec non serpentes ac pisces, quorum portitores inclinant profundè, quoniam dicunt omnes terrenas creaturas debere adorationem Imperatori Grand Can filio Dei excelsi: et his perfectis,
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Richard Hakluyt 1584
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