Obs. [ad. L. strūthiocamēlus, incorrectly a. Gr. στρουθοκάμηλος f. στρουθό-ς sparrow + κάμηλος camel.] An ostrich.
In quot. 1631 struthiocameli is the Latin genitive.
1607. Walkington, Optic Glass, 79. The Struthio-camell or Ostridge … will concoct iron.
1624. F. White, Repl. Fisher, 454. Concerning Stones, Iron, &c. I doe not thinke that these feed … Struthiocameles, &c. but onely coole or cleanse them.
[1631. Massinger, Emperor of East, IV. iv. This applied warme vpon the pained place, with a fether of Struthiocameli, or a bird of Paradise, shall expulse this tartarous … dolor.]
1684. J. P., trans. J. Ludolphus’ Hist. Ethiopia (ed. 2), 63. The Struthiocamel or Ostrich.
