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STRUTHIONIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Struthionidae mean? 

STRUTHIONIDAE (noun)
  The noun STRUTHIONIDAE has 1 sense:

1. tall terrestrial birds: ostrichesplay

  Familiarity information: STRUTHIONIDAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STRUTHIONIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tall terrestrial birds: ostriches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Struthionidae; Struthionidae

Hypernyms ("Struthionidae" is a kind of...):

bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

Meronyms (members of "Struthionidae"):

genus Struthio; Struthio (type genus of the Struthionidae: African ostriches)

Holonyms ("Struthionidae" is a member of...):

order Struthioniformes; Struthioniformes (a ratite bird order: ostriches and related extinct birds; known from the Pleistocene onward)


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