Definitions for ostrichˈɔ strɪtʃ, ˈɒs trɪtʃ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

os•trichˈɔ strɪtʃ, ˈɒs trɪtʃ(n.)

  1. a two-toed, swift-footed, flightless bird, Struthio camelus, orig. of Africa and SW Asia: the largest of living birds.

    Category: Ornithology

  2. a person who attempts to ignore unpleasant facts or situations.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

Origin of ostrich:

1175–1225; ME ostrice, ostriche < OF ostrusce (cf. F autruche) < VL *avistrūthius, for L avis bird + LL strūthiō < LGk strouthíōn

Princeton's WordNet

  1. ostrich(noun)

    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)

  2. ostrich, Struthio camelus(noun)

    fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. ostrich(noun)ˈɔ strɪtʃ, ˈɒs trɪtʃ

    a very large bird with a long neck and legs, that cannot fly

    beautiful ostrich feathers

Wiktionary

  1. ostrich(Noun)

    A large flightless bird (Struthio camelus) native to Africa.

  2. Origin: From ostrige and ostruce, from avis + struthio.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz

  1. OSTRICH

    The largest and heaviest bird on earth, yet rated by his owners only as a featherweight.


Translations for ostrich

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

ostrich(noun)

a type of large bird which cannot fly.

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