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stru⋅thi⋅ous

  [stroo-thee-uhs]
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–adjective
resembling or related to the ostriches or other ratite birds.
Origin:
1765–75; < LL strūthi(ō) ostrich (< LGk strouthíōn, deriv. of Gk strouthós sparrow, bird; cf. strouthòs ho mégas ostrich, lit., the big bird) + -ous
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stru·thi·ous   (strōō'thē-əs, -thē-)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or resembling an ostrich or a related bird; ratite.

[From Late Latin strūthiō, ostrich, from Late Greek strouthiōn, from Greek strouthos.]
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Struthious

Stru"thi*ous\, a. [L. struthius, strutheus.] (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Struthiones, or Ostrich tribe.
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struthious 
"of the ostrich," 1773, from L. struthio "ostrich," from Gk. strouthion (see ostrich).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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