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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024os•trich /ˈɔstrɪtʃ, ˈɑstrɪtʃ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Birdsa two-toed, swift-footed bird that cannot fly, originally of Africa and SW Asia.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024os•trich (ô′strich, os′trich),USA pronunciation n. - Birdsa large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
- Birds(not used scientifically) a rhea.
- a person who attempts to ignore unpleasant facts or situations.
- Late Greek strouthíōn; see struthious
- Vulgar Latin *avistrūthius, for Latin avis bird + Late Latin strūthiō
- Old French ostrusce (compare French autruche)
- Middle English ostrice, ostriche 1175–1225
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ostrich /ˈɒstrɪtʃ/ n ( pl -triches, -trich)- 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
- American ostrich ⇒
another name for rhea - 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
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French ostrice, from Latin avis bird + Late Latin struthio ostrich, from Greek strouthion |