Cursores
See also: cursores
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin cursōres (“runners”).
Proper noun
Cursores
- (obsolete) A taxonomic order within the class Aves – a polyphyletic taxon including various ratites: namely, the ostrich, emu, rhea, cassowary, and kiwi.
References
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Cursores”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.