English Explanatory Dictionary

ostrich

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A large flightless bird of the order Struthioniformes.
  2. The most widespread species of the genus, known as the common ostrich (Struthio camelus).
  3. The rhea.
  4. One who buries their head in the sand instead of acknowledging problems.
  5. The hypothetical completion of a hole five strokes under par (a quintuple birdie, quadruple eagle, triple albatross, or double condor).

Pronunciation

/ˈɒs.tɹɪt͡ʃ/ /ˈɒs.tɹɪd͡ʒ/ ŏs'trĭch ŏs'trĭj /ˈɔs.tɹɪt͡ʃ/ /ˈɑs.tɹɪt͡ʃ/ /ˈɔs.tɹɪd͡ʒ/ /ˈɑs.tɹɪd͡ʒ/ ôs'trĭch ôs'trĭj en-us-ostrich.ogg

Word forms

ostrich ostriches estridge

Etymology

From Middle English ostrich, ostriche, ostryche, ostrige, borrowed from Anglo-Norman ostrige and Old French ostruce, from Vulgar Latin *austruthio, from Latin avis (“bird”) + strūthiō (“ostrich”), from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn), or shortened from strūthiocamēlus, from Ancient Greek στρουθοκᾰ́μηλος (strouthokắmēlos), from στρουθός (strouthós, “sparrow”) + κάμηλος (kámēlos, “camel”). Compare Spanish avestruz and Portuguese avestruz.

Related words

cassowary emu kiwi nandu rhea tinamou

Derived words

ostrich dinosaur ostrich fern ostrich instruction ostrichism ostrichitis ostrichize ostrichlike ostrich policy ostrich politics ostrichy osturducken

Translations

Abkhaz: астра́ус Afar: goroyya Afrikaans: volstruis Albanian: struc Arabic: نَعَامَة Arabic: ظَلِيم Arabic: نعام Arabic: نعامة Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܲܥܵܡܵܐ Aramaic: ܢܲܥܵܡܵܐ Armenian: ջայլամ Middle Armenian: իշտրմուղ Middle Armenian: ջայլամ Old Armenian: ջայլամն Old Armenian: ջայլեամն Assamese: উটপক্ষী Assamese: উট চৰাই Asturian: avestruz Avar: варанихӏинчӏ Azerbaijani: dəvəquşu Basque: ostruka Belarusian: стра́ус Bengali: উটপাখী Breton: struskañval Bulgarian: щра́ус Burmese: ငှက်ကုလားအုတ် Catalan: estruç Cherokee: ᎬᎾ ᎤᏔᎾ Chinese Cantonese: 鴕鳥 /鸵鸟 Hakka Chinese: 鴕鳥 /鸵鸟 Chinese: 鴕鳥 /鸵鸟 Chinese: 蹄鳥 /蹄鸟 Chinese: 長頷鳥 /长颔鸟 Chinese Mandarin: 鴕鳥 /鸵鸟 West Circassian: мэхъшэбзыу Cornish: strus Czech: pštros Danish: struds Dutch: struisvogel Egyptian: n:i*w-G34 Emilian: struss Erzya: дуенармунь Esperanto: struto Estonian: jaanalind Faroese: strutsur Finnish: strutsi French: autruche Old French: ostruce
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