struthious

American  

[stroo-thee-uhs] / ˈstru θi əs /

adjective

1. resembling or related to the ostriches or other ratite birds.

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struthious British  

/ ˈstruːθɪəs /

adjective

1. (of birds) related to or resembling the ostrich

2. of, relating to, or designating all flightless (ratite) birds

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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

But, as one U.S. journalist warned, it would be "struthious"* folly to ignore the implications of what Khrushchev said.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

It must have been that of the struthious birds or that of the carinate birds, or something different from both.

From On the Genesis of Species by Mivart, St. George

Fossil diprotodons of gigantic size and struthious birds rivalling in stature the New Zealand moa, are found in Central Australia.

From Early Days in North Queensland by Palmer, Edward