Arabian ostriches
Arabian ostriches is the plural of Arabian ostrich.
Meaning of Arabian ostrich
Noun
Arabian ostrich (plural Arabian ostriches)
- An extinct subspecies of ostrich, †Struthio camelus syriacus, that lived on the Arabian Peninsula.
- Distinguished by its comparatively small size, the apparently extinct Arabian ostrich was fairly common until the time of World War I but as firearms became more plentiful in Arabia and it became possible to pursue birds in automobiles, numbers rapidly declined.2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford, page 32
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- Arabian ostriches is the plural of Arabian ostrich.
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