ostrich
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
golf
hobbies
lifestyle
natural-sciences
ornithology
sports
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 στρουθοκᾰ́μηλος (strouthokắmēlos), from στρουθός (strouthós, “sparrow”) + κάμηλος (kámēlos, “camel”). Compare Spanish avestruz and Portuguese avestruz.
Inflected forms:
form: ostriches
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: estridge
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: A large flightless bird of the order Struthioniformes.
pos: noun
gloss: A large flightless bird of the order Struthioniformes.
pos: noun
examples: 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?
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.
"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."
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.
gloss: The rhea.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: The Lengua Indians of the Gran Chaco love to hunt the ostrich
gloss: One who buries their head in the sand instead of acknowledging problems.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
gloss: The hypothetical completion of a hole five strokes under par (a quintuple birdie, quadruple eagle, triple albatross, or double condor).
pos: noun
Related words: cassowary
emu
kiwi
nandu
rhea
tinamou
Derived words: ostrich dinosaur
ostrich fern
ostrich instruction
ostrichism
ostrichitis
ostrichize
ostrichlike
ostrich policy
ostrich politics
ostrichy
osturducken
Translations:
lang: Abkhaz
word: астра́ус
roman: astʼráus
lang: Afar
word: goroyya
lang: Afrikaans
word: volstruis
lang: Albanian
word: struc
lang: Arabic
word: نَعَامَة
roman: naʕāma
lang: Arabic
word: ظَلِيم
roman: ẓalīm
lang: Arabic
word: نعام
roman: naʕām
lang: Arabic
word: نعامة
roman: naʕāma
lang: Arabic
word: نعامة
roman: naʕāma
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܢܲܥܵܡܵܐ
roman: naˁāmā
lang: Aramaic
word: ܢܲܥܵܡܵܐ
roman: naˁāmā
lang: Armenian
word: ջայլամ
roman: ǰaylam
lang: Middle Armenian
word: իշտրմուղ
roman: ištrmuġ
lang: Middle Armenian
word: ջայլամ
roman: ǰaylam
lang: Old Armenian
word: ջայլամն
roman: ǰaylamn
lang: Old Armenian
word: ջայլեամն
roman: ǰayleamn
lang: Assamese
word: উটপক্ষী
roman: utpokhi
lang: Assamese
word: উট চৰাই
roman: ut sorai
lang: Asturian
word: avestruz
lang: Avar
word: варанихӏинчӏ
roman: waraniḥʳinčʼ
lang: Azerbaijani
word: dəvəquşu
lang: Basque
word: ostruka
lang: Belarusian
word: стра́ус
roman: stráus
lang: Bengali
word: উটপাখী
roman: uṭpakhi
lang: Breton
word: struskañval
lang: Bulgarian
word: щра́ус
roman: štráus
lang: Burmese
word: ငှက်ကုလားအုတ်
roman: hngakku.la:ut
lang: Catalan
word: estruç
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎬᎾ ᎤᏔᎾ
roman: gvna utana
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 鴕鳥 /鸵鸟
roman: to⁴ niu⁵
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 鴕鳥 /鸵鸟
roman: thò-niâu
lang: Chinese
word: 鴕鳥 /鸵鸟
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese
word: 蹄鳥 /蹄鸟
roman: tê-chiáu
lang: Chinese
word: 長頷鳥 /长颔鸟
roman: tn̂g-ām-chiáu
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 鴕鳥 /鸵鸟
roman: tuóniǎo
lang: West Circassian
word: мэхъшэбзыу
roman: mɛꭓšɛbzəwu
lang: Cornish
word: strus
lang: Czech
word: pštros
lang: Danish
word: struds
lang: Dutch
word: struisvogel
lang: Egyptian
word: n:i*w-G34
roman: njw
lang: Emilian
word: struss
lang: Erzya
word: дуенармунь
roman: dujenarmuń
lang: Esperanto
word: struto
lang: Estonian
word: jaanalind
lang: Faroese
word: strutsur
lang: Finnish
word: strutsi
lang: French
word: autruche
lang: Old French
word: ostruce
lang: West-Frisian
word: strúsfûgel
lang: Friulian
word: struç
lang: Galician
word: avestruz
lang: Georgian
word: სირაქლემა
roman: siraklema
lang: German
word: Strauß
lang: German
word: Vogelstrauß
lang: Greek
word: στρουθοκάμηλος
roman: strouthokámilos
lang: Ancient Greek
word: στρουθοκάμηλος
roman: strouthokámēlos
lang: Ancient Greek
word: στρουθίων
roman: strouthíōn
lang: Hausa
word: jimina
lang: Hebrew
word: יָעֵן
roman: ya'en
lang: Hindi
word: शुतुरमुर्ग़
roman: śuturmurġ
lang: Hindi
word: शुतुरमुर्ग
roman: śuturmurg
lang: Hindi
word: शुतुर्मुर्ग
roman: śuturmurg
lang: Hindi
word: उष्ट्रपक्षी
roman: uṣṭrapakṣī
lang: Hungarian
word: strucc
lang: Icelandic
word: strútur
lang: Ido
word: strucho
lang: Igala
word: òbìjimu
lang: Igbo
word: enyi nnụ̀nụ̀
lang: Indonesian
word: burung unta
lang: Interlingua
word: struthio
lang: Interlingua
word: avestruthio
lang: Irish
word: ostrais
lang: Irish
word: struth
lang: Irish
word: struth-chamhall
lang: Italian
word: struzzo
lang: Japanese
word: ダチョウ
roman: dachō
lang: Japanese
word: 駝鳥
roman: dachō
lang: Kazakh
word: түйеқұс
roman: tüieqūs
lang: Khmer
word: អូទ្រុស
roman: ʼoutruh
lang: Korean
word: 타조
roman: tajo
lang: Central Kurdish
word: وشترمر
roman: wiştirmir
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: hêştirme
lang: Kyrgyz
word: төө куш
roman: töö kuş
lang: Ladin
word: struz
lang: Lao
word: ກະຈອກເທດ
roman: ka chǭk thēt
lang: Latin
word: struthiocamelus
lang: Latin
word: struthio
lang: Latvian
word: strauss
lang: Ligurian
word: strûsso
lang: Lithuanian
word: strutis
lang: Lombard
word: struzz
lang: Low German
word: Struus
lang: Macedonian
word: ној
roman: noj
lang: Macedonian
word: гајгур
roman: gajgur
lang: Malay
word: burung unta
lang: Malayalam
word: ഒട്ടകപക്ഷി
roman: oṭṭakapakṣi
lang: Malayalam
word: ഒട്ടകപ്പക്ഷി
roman: oṭṭakappakṣi
lang: Maltese
word: ngħam
lang: Māori
word: otereti
lang: Maranao
word: tabonan
lang: Marathi
word: शहामृग
roman: śahāmŕg
lang: Mongolian
word: тэмээн хяруул
roman: temeen xjaruul
lang: Navajo
word: tsídiitsoh
lang: Neapolitan
word: struzzo
lang: Norman
word: autruche
lang: Northern Sami
word: struhcca
lang: Northern Sotho
word: mpšhe
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: struts
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: struts
lang: Occitan
word: estruci
lang: Old English
word: strūta
lang: Old Norse
word: strúz
lang: Oromo
word: guuchii
lang: Ossetian
word: страус
roman: straws
lang: Pashto
word: شترمرغ
roman: šotormórǧ
lang: Pashto
word: اوښمرغه
roman: ux̌mǝrǧǝ́
lang: Persian
word: شترمرغ
roman: šotormorġ
lang: Piedmontese
word: struss
lang: Polish
word: struś
lang: Portuguese
word: avestruz
lang: Romani
word: astrechi
lang: Romani
word: barimatango
lang: Romanian
word: struț
lang: Romansh
word: strut
lang: Russian
word: стра́ус
roman: stráus
lang: Saho
word: gooriya
lang: Sardinian
word: abistrussu
lang: Sardinian
word: bistrussu
lang: Sardinian
word: istrutzu
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: struth
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: но̏ј
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: nȍj
lang: Slovak
word: pštros
lang: Slovene
word: noj
lang: Somali
word: gorayo
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: štrus
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: štrus
lang: Sotho
word: mpjhe
lang: Sotho
word: mpshe
lang: Sotho
word: dimpshe
lang: Spanish
word: avestruz
lang: Swahili
word: mbuni
lang: Swedish
word: struts
lang: Tagalog
word: abestrus
lang: Tajik
word: шутурмурғ
roman: šuturmurġ
lang: Tamil
word: தீக்கோழி
roman: tīkkōḻi
lang: Tamil
word: நெருப்புக்கோழி
roman: neruppukkōḻi
lang: Tatar
word: тәвә кошы
roman: täwä qoşı
lang: Telugu
word: నిప్పుకోడి
roman: nippukōḍi
lang: Thai
word: กระจอกเทศ
roman: grà-jɔ̀ɔk-têet
lang: Tswana
word: ntšhe
lang: Turkish
word: deve kuşu
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: دوه قوشی
roman: deve kuşu
lang: Turkmen
word: düýeguş
lang: Ukrainian
word: стра́ус
roman: stráus
lang: Urdu
word: شترمرغ
roman: śuturmurġ
lang: Uyghur
word: تۆگىقۇش
roman: tögiqush
lang: Uzbek
word: tuyaqush
lang: Vietnamese
word: đà điểu
lang: Volapük
word: strut
lang: Walloon
word: otruche
lang: Welsh
word: estrys
lang: Wolof
word: bànjóoli bi
lang: Wolof
word: baa
lang: Yiddish
word: שטרויס
roman: shtroys
lang: Yoruba
word: ògòǹgò
lang: Zulu
word: intshe