family Struthionidae

family Struthionidae
noun
tall terrestrial birds: ostriches
Syn: ↑Struthionidae
Hypernyms: ↑bird family
Member Holonyms: ↑Struthioniformes, ↑order Struthioniformes
Member Meronyms: ↑Struthio, ↑genus Struthio

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