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Definition of Ostrich
Ostrich

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.

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Ostrich Quotations

A writer may tell me that he thinks man will ultimately become an ostrich. I cannot properly contradict him.
Thomas Malthus

I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve. I was once described by my own son Stephen as an emotional ostrich.
Pierre Salinger

He behaved like an ostrich and put his head in the sand, thereby exposing his thinking parts.
George Carman

Ostrich Translations

ostrich in Afrikaans is volstruis
ostrich in Dutch is struisvogel, struis
ostrich in French is autruche
ostrich in Hungarian is strucc
ostrich in Italian is struzzo
ostrich in Portuguese is avestruz
ostrich in Spanish is avestruz
ostrich in Swedish is struts


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