a. and sb. [ad. mod.L. type strūthioīdēs, f. L. strūthio ostrich: see STRUTHIOUS and -OID.] a. adj. Ostrich-like, struthious. b. sb. A struthious bird.

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1879.  Lydekker, in Rec. Geol. Surv. India, XII. 53. Fossil Struthioids. Ibid. The only struthioid bones figured … are [etc.].

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1880.  W. Davies in Geol. Mag., Jan., 18. Two distinct forms of Struthioid birds.

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