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What (who) is Ostrich - definition

GENUS OF BIRDS

Ostriches; Osterich; Ostridge; Ostritch; Struthious; Ostrage; Osterish; Ostrish; Struthio

Ostrich

·noun A large bird of the genus Struthio, of which Struthio camelus of Africa is the best known species. It has long and very strong legs, adapted for rapid running; only two toes; a long neck, nearly bare of feathers; and short wings incapable of flight. The adult male is about eight feet high.

ostrich

(ostriches)

An ostrich is a very large African bird that cannot fly.

N-COUNT

ostrich

¦ noun

1. a large flightless swift-running African bird with a long neck, long legs, and two toes on each foot. [Struthio camelus.]

2. a person who refuses to accept facts.

Origin

ME: from OFr. ostriche, from L. avis 'bird' + late L. struthio (from Gk strouthion 'ostrich', from strouthos 'sparrow or ostrich'); sense 2 is from the popular belief that ostriches bury their heads in the sand if pursued.

Wikipedia

Ostrich

Ostriches are large flightless birds. They are the heaviest living birds, and lay the largest eggs of any living land animal. With the ability to run at 70 km/h (43.5 mph), they are the fastest birds on land. They are farmed worldwide, with significant industries in the Philippines and Namibia. Ostrich leather is a lucrative commodity, and the large feathers are used as plumes for the decoration of ceremonial headgear. Ostrich eggs have been used by humans for millennia.

Ostriches are of the genus Struthio in the order Struthioniformes, part of the infra-class Palaeognathae, a diverse group of flightless birds also known as ratites that includes the emus, rheas, cassowaries and kiwis. There are two living species of ostrich: the common ostrich, native to large areas of sub-Saharan Africa, and the Somali ostrich, native to the Horn of Africa. The common ostrich used to be native to the Arabian Peninsula, and ostriches were present across Asia as far east as Mongolia during the Late Pleistocene and possibly into the Holocene.

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Examples of use of Ostrich

1. The farm has an ostrich breeding cage, young ostrich cage, hatchery and other buildings.

2. Certainly, producers sometimes lose out, as witness South Africas ostrich farmers in the 1'th century, when ostrich feathers suddenly went out of fashion.

3. No wonder Mr Cable talked about an ostrich tendency.

4. If a kangaroo laid an egg from which an ostrich hatched, that would surely be an ostrich egg, not a kangaroo egg.

5. See more animal antics ... Mourners terrified by rampaging ostrich How the early bird snatches the worm...