单词 | struthious |
释义 | struthiousadj. Zoology. Related to or resembling the ostrich. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > superorder Ratitae (flightless) > [adjective] > of or like an ostrich ostrich1598 struthious1773 struthioid1879 1773 T. Pennant Genera of Birds 38 Order VI. Struthious. 1773 T. Pennant Genera of Birds 38 Struthious is a new coined word to express this order; for these birds could not be used to any of the Linnaean divisions. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 271/1 The Struthious birds and Penguins, which cannot fly. 1841 R. E. Grant Outl. Compar. Anat. 497 The two anterior branches..are..very small in strutheous [sic] birds. 1875 A. Newton in Encycl. Brit. III. 729/2 A large Bird, combining Dinornithic and Struthious characters. 1883 Cent. Mag. Jan. 415/2 If the pursued were acquainted with struthious tactics, he would lie down flat on the ground, where the bird finds it impossible to strike him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1773 |
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