Translingual

Proper noun

Struthionidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Struthioniformes - ostriches.

Hypernyms

• (family): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Palaeognathae - parvclass; Struthioniformes - order

Hyponyms

• (family): Struthio - genus; †Palaeotis sometimes included.

Translations

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276