Complete Definition of "ostrich"

English
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Image:Ostrich and chick.jpg|thumb|An ostrich and chick

Etymology
From Anglo-Norman ostriz and OF. ostruce, from L. avis �bird� + struthio �ostrich�.

Pronunciation
AHD|�s'trĭch, AHD|ôs'trĭch
(UK) IPA|/'�s.trɪʧ/
(US) IPA|/'�s.trɪʧ/ or IPA|/'�s.trɪʧ/; alternatively (to all these pronunciations) IPA|/-strɪʤ/.
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SAMPA|/"QstrItS?/

Noun
en-noun|es

  1. A large flightless bird (Struthio camelus) native to Africa.

Translations

Afrikaans: volstruis
Arabic: ARchar|�عا�ة (na��ma)
Albanian: struci
Basque: ostruka
Belarusian: ����
Bosnian: noj m
Breton: struska�val
Bulgarian: ��а�� (štraus)
Catalan: estruç m
Chinese (Mandarin): 鸵, � (tuó)
Croatian: noj
Czech: pštros
Danish: struds
Dutch: struisvogel m
Esperanto: struto
Estonian: jaanalind
Faroese: strutsur
Finnish: strutsi
French: autruche f
Frisian: strúsfûgel
Friulian: struç
Galician: avestruz
German: Strau� m
Greek, Ancient: ���ο�θοκάμηλο� (strūthokam�los) m/f
Greek, Modern: ���ο�θοκάμηλο� (struthokamilos)
Hungarian: strucc
Icelandic: strútur
Indonesian: burung unta
Irish: ostrais
Italian: struzzo m
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Japanese: ���� (dach�)
KiSwahili?: mbuni
Ladin: struz
Latin: struthiocamelus m, struthio m
Latvian: strauss
Lithuanian: strutis
Lower Sorbian: Å¡trus
Macedonian: ноj (noj)
Malayalam: �����പ��ഷി (ottakapakshi)
Maltese: nagħma f, ostri�
Norwegian: struts m
Occitan: estruci
Polish: stru� m
Portuguese: avestruz
Romanian: struţ
Romansh: strut
Romany: astrechi m barimatango m
Russian: ���� (straus)
Sami: struhcca
Sardinian: abistrussu, bistrussu, istrutzu
Scottish Gaelic: struth
Serbian: ноj (noj)
Slovak: pštros
Slovenian: noj m
Spanish: avestruz m
Swedish: struts
Turkish: deveku�u
Ukrainian: ���� (straus)
Upper Sorbian: Å¡trus
Welsh: estrys

See also
cassowary
emu
nandu
rhea

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