Arabian ostrich

English Noun en now historical An extinct subspecies of ostrich, †Struthio camelus syriacus subspecies, that lived on the Arabian Peninsula. en 2000 w:Errol Fuller Extinct Birds 32 Oxford 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. en Ratites