走そう禽きん類るい

noun

cursorial birds; runners

Zoological term for birds adapted for running rather than flying, such as ostriches and emus. Used in technical or educational contexts.

• ダチョウは走そう禽きん類るいの代だい表ひょう的てきな鳥とりです。

  The ostrich is a representative cursorial bird.

• 走そう禽きん類るいには飛とべない鳥とりが多おおい。

  Many cursorial birds are flightless.