Cursoresn.
/kəːˈsɔːriːz/ Ornithology.
With plural agreement. The name given by De Blainville, 1815–22, to an order of birds, containing the ostrich and its allies, which are incapable of flight, but are mostly swift runners. It corresponds to Merrem's division Ratitæ.
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Cursores1828
1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 283 Birds. Order XII.—Cursores.
1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. I. §440 Of all the Cursores, the Apteryx of New Zealand appears to be the one which is most completely destitute of wings, and which departs most widely from the general type of the class of Birds.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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