| 释义 |
struthious, a. Zool.|ˈstruːθɪəs|
[f. L. strūthio ostrich (in mod.L. as generic name), a. Gr. στρουθίων.]
Related to or resembling the ostrich.
1773Pennant Genera of Birds 38 Order VI. Struthious. Ibid., Struthious is a new coined word to express this order; for these birds could not be used to any of the Linnaean divisions. 1835–6Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 271/1 The Struthious birds and Penguins, which cannot fly. 1841R. E. Grant Outl. Comp. Anat. 497 The two anterior branches..are..very small in strutheous [sic] birds. 1875A. Newton in Encycl. Brit. III. 729/2 A large Bird, combining Dinornithic and Struthious characters. 1883Century Mag. Jan. 415/2 If the pursued were acquainted with struthious tactics, he would lie down flat on the ground, where the bird finds it impossible to strike him. |