stru|thi|ous

stru|thi|ous
stru|thi|ous «STROO thee uhs», adjective.
1. of or belonging to a large group of flightless birds including the ostriches and, sometimes, other birds with unkeeled sternums, such as the emus and cassowaries.
2. of or like the ostrich: »

struthious tactics.

╂[< Late Latin strūthio ostrich, short for Latin strūthiocamēlus (< Greek strouthokámēlos < strouthós sparrow + kámēlos camel) + English -ous; because of the bird's long neck]

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