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Dromaeognathae

Struthiones \Stru`thi*o"nes\, n. pl. [NL. See Struthio.] (Zo["o]l.)

  1. A division, or order, of birds, including only the African ostriches.

  2. In a wider sense, an extensive group of birds including the ostriches, cassowaries, emus, moas, and allied birds incapable of flight. In this sense it is equivalent to Ratit[ae], or Drom[ae]ognath[ae].