ostrich
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- noun
- /ˈɑstrɪtʃ/
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- During our safari, we were excited to see a pair of ostriches running across the open grassland.
- ostrich feathers
- ostrich egg
- ostrich-like bird
And then this guy in a big hat with ostrich feathers and metals pulls up right outside.
- And then this guy in a big hat with ostrich feathers and metals pulls up right outside.
- The guy I worked with had a one of those big cowboy belt buckles that have been cleaved in half right down the middle by an ostrich.
- I wanted to put my tall, skinny ostrich neck to work.
- Water snakes, ostriches, sleep, waking up.
- It's like feather quails, some kind of ostrich looking thing.
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The ostrich is the largest living bird, known for its impressive running speed.
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Tell me, does it hurt the ostrich when they are plucked?
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At one point I had to cut through an ostrich farm.
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Another interesting thing about the ostrich...
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Ladies and gentlemen, the next animal to take the stand is an ostrich.
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And they're off, in the first race of the ostrich festival!
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The three-pound ostrich egg is tiny when compared with the 300-pound bird that lays it.
Academic text (1993) -
Behold the mighty ostrich!
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So the next morning we headed out for another game drive and got to see more lions, ostriches, hippos, hyenas, a leopard, and plenty of giraffes.
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The ostrich, with its long neck and powerful legs, is native to Africa.
Synonyms
A very large African bird with long legs that cannot fly and runs very fast
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Etymology
Ostrich comes from Old French ostruche, which itself came from Latin struthio, the old name for this very large, running bird. That's why ostrich today means the big, flightless bird that can run fast.