ostrich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒs.tɹɪt͡ʃ/
ipa: /ˈɒs.tɹɪd͡ʒ/
enpr: ŏs'trĭch
enpr: ŏs'trĭj
ipa: /ˈɔs.tɹɪt͡ʃ/
ipa: /ˈɑs.tɹɪt͡ʃ/
ipa: /ˈɔs.tɹɪd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˈɑs.tɹɪd͡ʒ/
enpr: ôs'trĭch
enpr: ŏs'trĭch
enpr: ôs'trĭj
enpr: ŏs'trĭj
Forms: form: ostriches
form: 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 στρουθιοκάμηλος (strouthiokámēlos), from στρουθός (strouthós, “sparrow”) + κάμηλος (kámēlos, “camel”). Compare Spanish avestruz and Portuguese avestruz.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: A large flightless bird of the order Struthioniformes.
examples: text: 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?
ref: 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:
text: 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.
ref: a. 1683 (date written), Thomas Browne, “[Unpublished Papers.]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:
text: "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."
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter II, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 17:
text: 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.
ref: 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] ”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: A large flightless bird of the order Struthioniformes.
The most widespread species of the genus, known as the common ostrich (Struthio camelus).
examples: text: The Lengua Indians of the Gran Chaco love to hunt the ostrich
ref: 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 8, page 245:
glosses: The rhea.
glosses: One who buries their head in the sand instead of acknowledging problems.
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The hypothetical completion of a hole five strokes under par (a quintuple birdie, quadruple eagle, triple albatross, or double condor).
Hyponyms: sense: Species names
taxonomic: Rhea americana
word: American ostrich
sense: Species names
alt: †Struthio camelus syriacus
word: Arabian ostrich
sense: Species names
alt: †Struthio asiaticus
word: Asian ostrich
sense: Species names
taxonomic: Struthio camelus camelus
word: Barbary ostrich
sense: Species names
taxonomic: Struthio camelus australis
word: black-necked ostrich
sense: Species names
taxonomic: Struthio camelus australis
word: Cape ostrich
sense: Species names
taxonomic: Struthio camelus
word: common ostrich
sense: Species names
taxonomic: Struthio camelus massaicus
word: East African ostrich
sense: Species names
taxonomic: Struthio camelus massaicus
word: Masai ostrich
sense: Species names
taxonomic: Struthio camelus camelus
word: North African ostrich
sense: Species names
taxonomic: Struthio camelus massaicus
word: pink-necked ostrich
sense: Species names
taxonomic: Struthio camelus camelus
word: red-necked ostrich
sense: Species names
word: Somali ostrich
sense: Species names
taxonomic: Struthio molybdophanes
word: blue-necked ostrich
sense: Species names
taxonomic: Struthio camelus australis
word: South African ostrich
sense: Species names
taxonomic: Struthio camelus australis
word: southern ostrich
sense: Species names
alt: †Struthio camelus syriacus
word: Syrian ostrich
Coordinate terms: sense: Terms relating to golf
word: albatross
sense: Terms relating to golf
word: birdie
sense: Terms relating to golf
word: bogey
sense: Terms relating to golf
word: buzzard
sense: Terms relating to golf
word: condor
sense: Terms relating to golf
word: eagle
sense: Terms relating to golf
word: par
Derived terms: ostrich dinosaur
ostrich fern
ostrich instruction
ostrichism
ostrichitis
ostrichize
ostrichlike
ostrich policy
ostrich politics
ostrichy
osturducken
Related terms: cassowary
emu
kiwi
nandu
rhea
tinamou