NOUN | person | ostrich | a person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides / hides from danger by burying its head in the sand) |
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animal | ostrich, Struthio camelus | fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet |
Sounds | ao'strihch | |
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Rhymes | backstitch ... witch: 27 rhymes with ihch... |
Meaning | A person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides / hides from danger by burying its head in the sand). | |
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Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
Meaning | fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird. | |
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Synonym | Struthio camelus | |
Member of | Struthio, genus Struthio | type genus of the Struthionidae |
Broader | ratite, ratite bird, flightless bird | Flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment / attachment of flight muscles |
Spanish | avestruz, struthio camelus | |
Catalan | estruç, struthio camelus, Struthio camelus |
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