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Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin strūthiocamēlus, adapted as struzzo (“ostrich”) + cammello (“camel”)
Noun
struzzocammello m (plural struzzicammelli or struzzocammelli) (archaic, literary, uncommon)
- common ostrich (Struthio camelus)
1817, Filippo Pananti, Avventure e osservazioni sopra le coste di Barberia, volume 1, Florence: L. Ciardetti, page 186:Nel principio dell'inverno lo struzzo smisurato, detto lo struzzocammello, si spoglia delle sue più grandi piume, che son diligentemente raccolte dagli Arabi.- At the start of the winter the enormous ostrich, called Struthio camelus, rids itself of its largest feathers, which are diligently picked up by the Arabs.
1838, Sebastiano Ciampi, Grecia descritta da Pausania, volume 5, Milan: P. A. Molina, page 12:L'argomento principale su cui è fondata l'opposizione fatta al Monti dal chiariss. Siebelis, e degli altri, de' quali parleremo in appresso, è che lo struzzocammello, il quale sebbene abbia penne ed ali, non vola per la gravezza e grandezza del corpo che lo rendono incapace di sollevarsi nell'aria.- The main subject on which the opposition to Monti by the illustrious Siebelis, and of the others, which we will talk about later, is founded on is that the Struthio camelus, which despite having feathers and wings, does not fly for the weight and size of its body which make him unable to lift itself in the air.