struthious
Americanadjective
adjective
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(of birds) related to or resembling the ostrich
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of, relating to, or designating all flightless (ratite) birds
Etymology
Origin of struthious
1765–75; < Late Latin strūthi ( ō ) ostrich (< Late Greek strouthíōn, derivative of Greek strouthós sparrow, bird; compare strouthòs ho mégas ostrich, literally, the big bird) + -ous
Example Sentences
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Ill. The Bomb Sir: It is time for Americans to become "struthious unbound."
From Time Magazine Archive
In the same sense, it would be struthious for the U.S. electorate to base its November judgment on the notion that either presidential candidate has discussed the nuclear control issue accurately or fully.
From Time Magazine Archive
But, as one U.S. journalist warned, it would be "struthious"* folly to ignore the implications of what Khrushchev said.
From Time Magazine Archive
In both ostrich and Rhea, as well as in all the other struthious birds, the under surface of the wing is entirely bare.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
The fossil egg of a struthious bird, Struthiolithus, has been found near Cherson, south Russia, and in north China.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
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