struthiolarIa

[Mod. Latin, from Lat. struthio (q. v.). The aperture of the shell bears some resemblance to the foot of an ostrich.] Zool.: A genus of Cerithiade, with five species, from Australia and New Zealand, where sub-fo il specimens have been found. Shell turreted, whorls angular, aperture truncated in front, columella oblique; outer lip prominent in the middle, inner lip callous, expanded; operculum claw-shaped. Animal with cylindrical tentacles, eye-pedicels short, foot broad and short. strû-thi-ō-nēş, s . pl . [Plural of Mod. Lat., . struthio (q. v.).] Ornith.: A synonym of Ratitæ (q. v.). stru-thi-on-i-dæ, s . pl . [Mod. Lat. struthio, gen it. strut hi on (is); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idæ .] Ornith.: A family of Ratite (q. v.). Bill short, robust, powerful, flattened, and having a nail-like proce at the tip; nostrils longitudinal, basal; no hind toe present. There are two sub-families: Struthionine (with two genera, Struthio and Rhea) confined to Africa, and temperate South America, and Casuarinse (sometimes made a family Casuaride) inhabiting Australia and the islands from Ceram to New Britain.. gen it. strut hi on (is); Latin fem. pl. adj. suff. -inæ.] stru-thi-ô-ni-næ, [Mod. Latin struthio, [STRUT HI ON IDE.] stru-thi-ous, adj . [Lat. struthio =an ostrich.] Pertaining to or resembling the ostrich; belonging to the Ratitæ (q. v.). "Gallinaceous and struthious birds retain the same stones in their gizzards for a long time." - Darwin: For. mation of Vegetable Mold , ch. v.