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English

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”) + str?thi? (“ostrich”), from Ancient Greek ????????? (strouthí?n), or shortened from str?thiocam?lus, from Ancient Greek ??????????????? (strouthiokám?los), from ???????? (strouthós, “sparrow”) + ??????? (kám?los, “camel”). Compare Spanish avestruz and Portuguese avestruz.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??s.t??t??/, /??s.t??d??/; enPR: ?s'tr?ch, ?s'tr?j
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??s.t??t??/, /??s.t??t??/, /??s.t??d??/, /??s.t??d??/; enPR: ôs'tr?ch, ?s'tr?ch, ôs'tr?j, ?s'tr?j

Noun

ostrich (plural ostriches)

1. (ornithology) A large flightless bird (Struthio camelus) native to Africa.
2. (figuratively) One who buries one's head in the sand instead of acknowledging problems.
3. (golf) The hypothetical completion of a hole five strokes under par (a quintuple birdie, quadruple eagle, triple albatross, or double condor).

Coordinate terms

(golf):

• buzzard
• bogey
• par
• birdie
• eagle
• albatross
• condor

Derived terms

• American ostrich (Rhea americana)
• Arabian ostrich (†Struthio camelus syriacus)
• Asian ostrich (†Struthio asiaticus)
• Barbary ostrich (Struthio camelus camelus)
• black-necked ostrich (Struthio camelus australis)
• blue-necked ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes)
• Cape ostrich (Struthio camelus australis)
• common ostrich (Struthio camelus)
• East African ostrich (Struthio camelus massaicus)
• Masai ostrich (Struthio camelus massaicus)
• North African ostrich (Struthio camelus camelus)
• ostrichlike
• ostrich politics
• ostrichism
• pink-necked ostrich (Struthio camelus massaicus)
• red-necked ostrich (Struthio camelus camelus)
• Somali ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes)
• South African ostrich (Struthio camelus australis)
• southern ostrich (Struthio camelus australis)
• Syrian ostrich (†Struthio camelus syriacus)

Translations

See also

• cassowary
• emu
• kiwi
• nandu
• rhea
• tinamou

Further reading

• ostrich on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Christo-, chorist, rhotics

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ostriche, ostryche, ostrige

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman ostrige and Old French ostruce, from Vulgar Latin *austr?thi?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??strit?/, /??strid?/

Noun

ostrich (plural ostriches)

1. ostrich (Struthio camelus)
2. (rare) A goblet made of an ostrich egg.
3. (rare, heraldry) A heraldic image of an ostrich.

Descendants

• English: ostrich
• Scots: ostriche (obsolete)
• ? Welsh: estrys

References

• “ostrich(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-4.