ostrich (redirected from Common Ostrich)

os·trich  (strch, ôs-)

n. pl. ostrich or os·trich·es

1.

a. A large, swift-running flightless bird (Struthio camelus) of Africa, characterized by a long bare neck, small head, and two-toed feet. It is the largest living bird.

b. A rhea.

2. One who tries to avoid disagreeable situations by refusing to face them.

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[Middle English, from Old French ostrusce, ostrice and Medieval Latin ostrica, both from Vulgar Latin *avis strthi : Latin avis, bird; see awi- in Indo-European roots + Late Latin strthi, ostrich; see struthious.]

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ostrich [ˈɒstrɪtʃ]

n pl -triches, -trich

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a fast-running flightless African bird, Struthio camelus, that is the largest living bird, with stout two-toed feet and dark feathers, except on the naked head, neck, and legs: order Struthioniformes (see ratite) Related adj struthious

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals)

American ostrich another name for rhea

3. a person who refuses to recognize the truth, reality, etc.: a reference to the ostrich's supposed habit of burying its head in the sand

[from Old French ostrice, from Latin avis bird + Late Latin struthio ostrich, from Greek strouthion]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ostrich - a person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand) individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	2.	ostrich - fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird Struthio camelus flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird - flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds genus Struthio, Struthio - type genus of the Struthionidae: African ostriches

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ostrich noun

Related words
adjective struthious

Translations

ostrich [ˈɒstrɪtʃ] N (ostriches or ostrich (pl)) → avestruz m

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ostrich [ˈɒstrɪtʃ] n → autruche f ostrich egg
ostrich egg n → œuf m d'autruche

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ostrich

n → Strauß m; ostrich policy → Vogel-Strauß-Politik f

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ostrich [ˈɒstrɪtʃ] n → struzzo

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ostrich

n ostrich [ˈostritʃ]

a type of large bird which cannot fly. volstruis نَعامَه، ظَليم щраус pštros struds der Strauß στρουθοκάμηλος avestruz jaanalind شتر مرغ strutsi autruche יָעֵן शुतुरमुर्ग noj strucc burung unta strútur struzzo だちょう 타조 strutis strauss burung unta struisvogel struts struś avestruz struţ страус pštros noj noj struts นกกระจอกเทศ devekuşu 鴕鳥 страус شتر مرغ đà điều châu Phi 鸵鸟

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ostrich → نعامة pštros struds Strauß στρουθοκάμηλος avestruz strutsi autruche noj struzzo ダチョウ 타조 struisvogel struts struś avestruz страус struts นกกระจอกเทศ devekuşu đà điểu 鸵鸟