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    • 1.1 Etymology
    • 1.2 Pronunciation
    • 1.3 Noun
      • 1.3.1 Alternative forms
      • 1.3.2 Hyponyms
      • 1.3.3 Coordinate terms
      • 1.3.4 Derived terms
      • 1.3.5 Translations
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English

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Common ostrich (Struthio camelus)

Etymology

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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.

Pronunciation

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  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒs.tɹɪt͡ʃ/, /ˈɒs.tɹɪd͡ʒ/; enPR: ŏs'trĭch, ŏs'trĭj
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔs.tɹɪt͡ʃ/, /ˈɑs.tɹɪt͡ʃ/, /ˈɔs.tɹɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈɑs.tɹɪd͡ʒ/; enPR: ôs'trĭch, ŏs'trĭch, ôs'trĭj, ŏs'trĭj
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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ostrich (plural ostriches)

  1. (ornithology) A large flightless bird of the order Struthioniformes.
    1. The most widespread species of the genus, known as the common ostrich (Struthio camelus).
      • 1634 (first performance), William D’avenant [i.e., William Davenant], The Wits: A Comedie; […], published 1636; republished in Two Excellent Plays: […], London: […] G. Bedel, and T[homas] Collins, […], 1665, →OCLC, Act I, page 1:Could a Taff'ta ſcarf, a long Eſtridge vvhing, / A ſtiffe Iron Doublet, and a Brazeel Pole / Tempt thee from Cambrick ſheets, fine active Thighs, / From Caudles vvhere the precious Amber ſvvims?
      • a. 1683 (date written), Thomas Browne, “[Unpublished Papers.] On the Ostrich.”, in Simon Wilkin, editor, Sir Thomas Browne’s Works […], volume IV, London: William Pickering; Norwich, Norfolk: Josiah Fletcher, →OCLC, page 337:The Ostrich hath a compounded name in Greek and Latin—Struthio-Camelus, borrowed from a bird and a beast, as being a feathered and biped animal, yet in some ways like a camel; somewhat in the long neck; somewhat in the foot; and, as some imagine, from a camel-like position in the part of generation.The spelling has been modernized.
      • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter II, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 17:"But is not this fortunate?" continued she, taking up a superb plume of white ostrich feathers, fastened by a small agraffe, enamelled so as to represent a bunch of violets; "this is just what you wanted for the velvet cap you are to wear at Madame de l'Hôpital's masked ball."
      • 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] ”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile.
  2. (obsolete) The rhea.
    • 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 8, page 245:The Lengua Indians of the Gran Chaco love to hunt the ostrich
  3. (figuratively) One who buries their head in the sand instead of acknowledging problems.
  4. (golf) The hypothetical completion of a hole five strokes under par (a quintuple birdie, quadruple eagle, triple albatross, or double condor).

Alternative forms

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  • estridge (obsolete)

Hyponyms

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  • American ostrich (Rhea americana)
  • Arabian ostrich (†Struthio camelus syriacus)
  • Asian ostrich (†Struthio asiaticus)
  • Barbary ostrich (Struthio camelus camelus)
  • black-necked ostrich (Struthio camelus australis)
  • 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)
  • pink-necked ostrich (Struthio camelus massaicus)
  • red-necked ostrich (Struthio camelus camelus)
  • Somali ostrich or blue-necked ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes)
  • South African ostrich (Struthio camelus australis)
  • southern ostrich (Struthio camelus australis)
  • Syrian ostrich (†Struthio camelus syriacus)

Coordinate terms

[edit] Terms relating to golf
  • albatross
  • birdie
  • bogey
  • buzzard
  • condor
  • eagle
  • par

Derived terms

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

Translations

[edit] large flightless bird
  • Abkhaz: please add this translation if you can
  • Adyghe: мэхъшэбзыу (mɛꭓšɛbzəwu)
  • Afar: goroyya
  • Afrikaans: volstruis (af)
  • Aghwan: please add this translation if you can
  • Aklanon: please add this translation if you can
  • Albanian: struc (sq) m
  • Arabic: نَعَامَة f (naʕāma), ظَلِيم m (ẓalīm) Egyptian Arabic: نعام m (naʕām) (collective), نعامة f (naʕāma) (singulative) Hijazi Arabic: نعامة f (naʕāma)
  • Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܲܥܵܡܵܐ m (naˁāmā) Classical Syriac: ܢܲܥܵܡܵܐ m (naˁāmā)
  • Armenian: ջայլամ (hy) (ǰaylam) Middle Armenian: իշտրմուղ (ištrmuġ), ջայլամ (ǰaylam) Old Armenian: ջայլամն (ǰaylamn), ջայլեամն (ǰayleamn)
  • Assamese: উটপক্ষী (utpokhi), উট চৰাই (ut sorai)
  • Asturian: avestruz (ast) f
  • Avar: варанихӏинчӏ (waraniḥʳinčʼ)
  • Azerbaijani: dəvəquşu (az)
  • Basque: ostruka (eu)
  • Belarusian: стра́ус m (stráus)
  • Bengali: উটপাখী (uṭpakhi)
  • Breton: struskañval m
  • Bulgarian: щра́ус (bg) m (štráus)
  • Burmese: ငှက်ကုလားအုတ် (my) (hngakku.la:ut)
  • Catalan: estruç (ca) m
  • Cherokee: ᎬᎾ ᎤᏔᎾ (gvna utana)
  • Chinese: Cantonese: 鴕鳥 / 鸵鸟 (to4 niu5) Hakka: 鴕鳥 / 鸵鸟 (thò-niâu) Hokkien: 鴕鳥 / 鸵鸟 (zh-min-nan) (tô-chiáu), 蹄鳥 / 蹄鸟 (tê-chiáu), 長頷鳥 / 长颔鸟 (tn̂g-ām-chiáu) Mandarin: 鴕鳥 / 鸵鸟 (zh) (tuóniǎo)
  • Cornish: strus m
  • Czech: pštros (cs)
  • Danish: struds (da)
  • Dutch: struisvogel (nl) m
  • Egyptian:
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    (njw)
  • Emilian: please add this translation if you can
  • Erzya: дуенармунь (dujenarmuń)
  • Esperanto: struto (eo)
  • Estonian: jaanalind (et)
  • Faroese: strutsur
  • Finnish: strutsi (fi)
  • French: autruche (fr) f Old French: ostruce f
  • Friulian: struç
  • Galician: avestruz (gl) f
  • Georgian: სირაქლემა (siraklema)
  • German: Strauß (de) m, Vogelstrauß (de) m
  • Greek: στρουθοκάμηλος (el) f (strouthokámilos) Ancient: στρουθοκάμηλος m or f (strouthokámēlos), στρουθίων m (strouthíōn)
  • Hausa: jimina
  • Hebrew: יָעֵן (he) f (ya'en)
  • Hindi: शुतुरमुर्ग़ m (śuturmurġ), शुतुरमुर्ग (hi) m (śuturmurg), शुतुर्मुर्ग (hi) m (śuturmurg), उष्ट्रपक्षी m (uṣṭrapakṣī)
  • Hungarian: strucc (hu)
  • Icelandic: strútur (is)
  • Ido: strucho (io)
  • Igala: òbìjimu
  • Igbo: enyi nnụ̀nụ̀
  • Indonesian: burung unta (id)
  • Interlingua: struthio, avestruthio
  • Irish: ostrais, struth m, struth-chamhall m
  • Istriot: please add this translation if you can
  • Italian: struzzo (it) m
  • Japanese: ダチョウ (ja) (dachō), 駝鳥 (ja) (だちょう, dachō)
  • Kazakh: түйеқұс (tüieqūs)
  • Khmer: អូទ្រុស (ʼoutruh)
  • Korean: 타조(駝鳥) (ko) (tajo)
  • Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: hêştirme (ku) n
  • Kyrgyz: төө куш (ky) (töö kuş)
  • Ladin: struz
  • Lao: ກະຈອກເທດ (ka chǭk thēt)
  • Latin: struthiocamelus m, struthio m
  • Latvian: strauss m
  • Ligurian: strûsso m
  • Lithuanian: strutis (lt) m
  • Lombard: struzz m
  • Low German: Struus m
  • Macedonian: ној m (noj), гајгур m (gajgur)
  • Malay: burung unta
  • Malayalam: ഒട്ടകപക്ഷി (oṭṭakapakṣi), ഒട്ടകപ്പക്ഷി (ml) (oṭṭakappakṣi)
  • Maltese: ngħam m
  • Maori: otereti
  • Maranao: tabonan
  • Marathi: शहामृग m (śahāmrug)
  • Mongolian: Cyrillic: тэмээн хяруул (temeen xjaruul)
  • Navajo: tsídiitsoh
  • Neapolitan: struzzo m
  • Norman: autruche f
  • Northern Sotho: mpšhe
  • Norwegian: Bokmål: struts (no) m Nynorsk: struts (nn) m
  • Occitan: estruci (oc)
  • Old English: strūta m
  • Old Norse: strúz m
  • Oromo: guuchii
  • Ottoman Turkish: دوه قوشی (deve kuşu)
  • Pashto: شترمرغ (ps) m (šotormórǧ), اوښمرغه (ps) m (ux̌mǝrǧǝ́)
  • Persian: شترمرغ (fa) (šotormorġ)
  • Piedmontese: struss m
  • Polish: struś (pl) m
  • Portuguese: avestruz (pt)
  • Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
  • Romani: astrechi m, barimatango m
  • Romanian: struț (ro) m
  • Romansch: strut
  • Russian: стра́ус (ru) m (stráus)
  • Saho: gooriya
  • Sardinian: abistrussu, bistrussu, istrutzu
  • Scottish Gaelic: struth
  • Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: но̏ј m Roman: nȍj (sh) m
  • Slovak: pštros m
  • Slovene: noj (sl) m
  • Somali: gorayo
  • Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: štrus m Upper Sorbian: štrus m
  • Sotho: mpjhe, mpshe (st) sg, dimpshe (st) pl
  • Spanish: avestruz (es) m
  • Swahili: mbuni (sw)
  • Swedish: struts (sv)
  • Tagalog: abestrus
  • Tajik: шутурмурғ (tg) (šuturmurġ)
  • Tamil: தீக்கோழி (ta) (tīkkōḻi), நெருப்புக்கோழி (ta) (neruppukkōḻi)
  • Tatar: тәвә кошы (tt) (täwä qoşı)
  • Telugu: నిప్పుకోడి (te) (nippukōḍi)
  • Thai: กระจอกเทศ (th) (grà-jɔ̀ɔk-têet)
  • Tswana: ntšhe
  • Turkish: deve kuşu (tr)
  • Turkmen: düýeguş
  • Ukrainian: стра́ус m (stráus)
  • Urdu: شترمرغ m (śuturmurġ)
  • Uyghur: تۆگىقۇش (tögiqush)
  • Uzbek: tuyaqush (uz)
  • Vietnamese: đà điểu (vi)
  • Volapük: strut (vo)
  • Walloon: otruche (wa) f
  • Welsh: estrys f or m
  • West Frisian: strúsfûgel
  • Wolof: bànjóoli bi, baa
  • Yámana: please add this translation if you can
  • Yiddish: שטרויס m (shtroys)
  • Yoruba: ògòǹgò
  • Yup'ik: please add this translation if you can
  • Zazaki: please add this translation if you can
  • Zhuang: please add this translation if you can
  • Zulu: intshe
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  • Northern Sami: (please verify) struhcca

See also

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

Further reading

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  • ostrich on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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  • Christo-, chorist, rhotics

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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  • ostriche, ostrige, ostryche

Etymology

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Borrowed from Anglo-Norman ostrige and continental Old French ostruce, from Vulgar Latin *austrūthiō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɔstritʃ/, /ˈɔstridʒ/

Noun

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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

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

References

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