STRUTHIO CAMELUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Struthio camelus mean? 

• STRUTHIO CAMELUS (noun)
  The noun STRUTHIO CAMELUS has 1 sense:

1. fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird

  Familiarity information: STRUTHIO CAMELUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRUTHIO CAMELUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

ostrich; Struthio camelus

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)