Red-necked Ostrich

os·trich (

ch, ôs

n. pl. ostrich or os·trich·es

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.

[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.]

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]

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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

ostrich noun

Related words
adjective struthious

Translations

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

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

ostrich

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

ostrich [ˈɒstrɪtʃ] n → struzzo

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

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

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Dromaius novaehollandiae EMU Emu novaehollandiae Estrich family Rheidae family Struthionidae fiddlehead flightless bird genus Matteuccia genus Pteretis genus Struthio Matteuccia Matteuccia struthiopteris Nandou nandu Onoclea struthiopteris Ostrich farm Ostrich farming ostrich fern	red-flowered silky oak red-fruited red-gray red-green color blindness red-green colour blindness red-green dichromacy red-grey Red-gum red-haired Red-hand red-handed red-headed red-header red-hot red-hot poker red-ink red-lavender red-lead ore red-lead putty Red-legged crow red-legged partridge red-letter red-letter day red-light district red-necked grebe Red-necked Ostrich red-necked plover red-orange red-osier dogwood red-pencil red-purple Red-riband red-rimmed red-shafted flicker Red-short red-shouldered hawk red-skinned onion red-spotted purple red-streaked red-striped Red-tailed red-tailed hawk Red-tape red-tapeism red-tapism Red-tapist red-throated diver red-top red-veined pie plant red-violet red-winged blackbird	red-hot poker red-hot poker red-hot pokers Red-hot-poker red-ink red-ink red-ink red-ink plant red-lavender Red-lead Red-lead Red-lead ore red-lead putty Red-legged crow red-legged partridge Red-legged Seriema red-legged tick red-letter red-letter day red-letter day red-letter days Red-light area red-light district Red-light districts Red-lining Red-lining Red-lining Red-Linings RED-LIP red-necked grebe Red-necked Ostrich Red-necked Phalarope red-necked plover Red-necks Red-orange Red-Osier Dogwood Red-out red-pencil red-penciled red-penciling red-pencilled red-pencilling red-pencils red-purple Red-riband red-rimmed Red-root Red-root amaranth red-shafted flicker red-shafted flicker Red-shift Red-shift Red-shirt Red-short Red-Shortness red-shouldered hawk red-skinned onion

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Dromaius novaehollandiae
EMU
Emu novaehollandiae
Estrich
family Rheidae
family Struthionidae
fiddlehead
flightless bird
genus Matteuccia
genus Pteretis
genus Struthio
Matteuccia
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Nandou
nandu
Onoclea struthiopteris
Ostrich farm
Ostrich farming
ostrich fern

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