Noun: ostrich ós-trich or ós-trij
- Fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird
"The ostrich sprinted across the savanna at impressive speed";
- Struthio camelus
- Meat from ostrich
"The restaurant served ostrich steaks as a lean alternative to beef"
- A person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand)
"He was an ostrich about climate change, ignoring all the scientific evidence"
Derived forms: ostriches
Type of: actor, doer, flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird, worker
Part of: genus Struthio, Struthio
Encyclopedia: Ostrich