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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: ostriches
Familiarity information: STRUTHIONIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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