struthiocamelus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

strūthĭŏcămēlus, i, m. (f., Plin. 11, 37, 56, § 155), = στρουθιοκάμηλος,

an ostrich , Plin. 10, 1, 1, § 1; 10, 22, 29, § 56; 11, 37, 47, § 130 (Jahn, struthocamelus); Petr. 137, 5 al.—By later writers also called simply strūthĭo , ōnis, m., = στρουθίων, Capitol. Gord. 3 fin. ; Lampr. Heliog. 30; Vopisc. Firm. 6; Vulg. Lev. 11, 16 et saep.