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FAMILY STRUTHIONIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Tall terrestrial birds: ostriches

Synonyms:

family Struthionidae; Struthionidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family 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 "family Struthionidae"):

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

Holonyms ("family 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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