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Hesperornis :: Hesperornis (n.) A genus of large, extinct, wingless birds from the Cretaceous deposits of Kansas, belonging to the Odontornithes. They had teeth, and were essentially carnivorous swimming ostriches. Several species are known. See Illust. in Append..

Dinornis :: Dinornis (n.) A genus of extinct, ostrichlike birds of gigantic size, which formerly inhabited New Zealand. See Moa..

Odontolcae :: Odontolcae (n. pl.) An extinct order of ostrichlike aquatic birds having teeth, which are set in a groove in the jaw. It includes Hesperornis, and allied genera. See Hesperornis..

Wing :: Wing (n.) One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming..

Maestricht Monitor :: Maestricht monitor () The Mosasaurus Hofmanni. See Mosasaurus.

Strutter :: Struthious (a.) Of or pertaining to the Struthiones, or Ostrich tribe..

Diatryma :: Diatryma (n.) An extinct eocene bird from New Mexico, larger than the ostrich..

Palapteryx :: Palapteryx (n.) A large extinct ostrichlike bird of New Zealand.

Strick :: Strich (n.) An owl.

Ostrich :: Ostrich (n.) A large bird of the genus Struthio, of which Struthio camelus of Africa is the best known species. It has long and very strong legs, adapted for rapid running; only two toes; a long neck, nearly bare of feathers; and short wings incapable of flight. The adult male is about eight feet high..

Ratitae :: Ratitae (n. pl.) An order of birds in which the wings are small, rudimentary, or absent, and the breastbone is destitute of a keel. The ostrich, emu, moa, and apteryx are examples..

Flabellum :: Flabellum (n.) A fan; especially, the fan carried before the pope on state occasions, made in ostrich and peacock feathers..

Lithophagous :: Lithophagous (a.) Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, as the ostrich..

Harl :: Harl (n.) A barb, or barbs, of a fine large feather, as of a peacock or ostrich, -- used in dressing artificial flies..

Moa :: Moa (n.) Any one of several very large extinct species of wingless birds belonging to Dinornis, and other related genera, of the suborder Dinornithes, found in New Zealand. They are allied to the apteryx and the ostrich. They were probably exterminated by the natives before New Zealand was discovered by Europeans. Some species were much larger than the ostrich..

Estrich :: Estrich (n.) Ostrich.

Dromaeognathous :: Dromaeognathous (a.) Having the structure of the palate like that of the ostrich and emu.

Dodo :: Dodo (n.) A large, extinct bird (Didus ineptus), formerly inhabiting the Island of Mauritius. It had short, half-fledged wings, like those of the ostrich, and a short neck and legs; -- called also dronte. It was related to the pigeons..

Struthiones :: Struthiones (n. pl.) A division, or order, of birds, including only the African ostriches..

Nandu :: Nandu (n.) Any one of three species of South American ostriches of the genera Rhea and Pterocnemia. See Rhea.

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