Struthio camelus

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Struthio camelus - fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird

ostrich

flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird - flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds

genus Struthio, Struthio - type genus of the Struthionidae: African ostriches

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