† struthiocamelstruthiocamelestruthiocamelln.
Obsolete.
An ostrich. In quot. 1632 struthiocameli is the Latin genitive.
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1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 79 The Struthio-camell or Ostridge..will concoct iron.
1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere 454 Concerning Stones, Iron, &c. I doe not thinke that these feed..Struthiocameles, &c. but onely coole or cleanse them.
1632 P. Massinger Emperour of East iv. iii. sig. I2 This applied warme vpon the pained place, with a fether of Struthio cameli, or a bird of Paradise..shall expulse this tartarous..dolor.]
1684 J. P. tr. H. Ludolf New Hist. Ethiopia (ed. 2) 63 The Struthiocamel or Ostrich.
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