Defn: To hold apart. Cf. Strut, n., 3.
STRUT
Strut, a.
Defn: Protuberant. [Obs.] Holland.
STRUTHIAN
Stru"thi*an, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Struthious.
STRUTHIO
Stru"thi*o, n.; pl. Struthiones. Etym: [L., an ostrich, fr. Gr.
(Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of birds including the African ostriches.
STRUTHIOIDEA
Stru`thi*oi"de*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Struthio, and -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Struthiones.
STRUTHIONES Stru`thi*o"nes, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Struthio.] (Zoöl.) (a) A division, or order, of birds, including only the African ostriches. (b) In a wider sense, an extensive group of birds including the ostriches, cassowaries, emus, moas, and allied birds incapable of flight. In this sense it is equivalent to Ratitæ, or Dromæognathæ.