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STRUTHIO CAMELUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird
Synonyms:
ostrich; Struthio camelus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Struthio camelus" is a kind of...):
flightless bird; ratite; ratite bird (flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds)
Holonyms ("Struthio camelus" is a member of...):
genus Struthio; Struthio (type genus of the Struthionidae: African ostriches)
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