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Definition of ostrich
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Ostrich
(n.) A large bird of the genus
Struthio,
of which
Struthio
camelus
of
Africa
is the best known
species.
It has long and very
strong
legs,
adapted
for rapid
running;
only two toes; a long neck,
nearly
bare of
feathers;
and short wings
incapable
of
flight.
The adult male is about eight feet
high..
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Lithophagous
::
Lithophagous
(a.)
Eating
or
swallowing
stones
or
gravel,
as the
ostrich..
Euornithes
::
Euornithes
(n. pl.) The
division
of Aves which
includes
all the
typical
birds,
or all
living
birds
except
the
penguins
and birds of
ostrichlike
form..
Ratitae
::
Ratitae
(n. pl.) An order of birds in which the wings are
small,
rudimentary,
or
absent,
and the
breastbone
is
destitute
of a keel. The
ostrich,
emu, moa, and
apteryx
are
examples..
Harl
::
Harl (n.) A barb, or
barbs,
of a fine large
feather,
as of a
peacock
or
ostrich,
-- used in
dressing
artificial
flies..
Emu
::
Emu (n.) A large
Australian
bird, of two
species
(Dromaius
Novae-Hollandiae
and D.
irroratus),
related
to the
cassowary
and the
ostrich.
The emu runs
swiftly,
but is
unable
to fly..
Cassowary
::
Cassowary
(n.) A large bird, of the genus
Casuarius,
found in the east
Indies.
It is
smaller
and
stouter
than the
ostrich.
Its head is armed with a kind of
helmet
of horny
substance,
consisting
of
plates
overlapping
each
other,
and it has a group of long sharp
spines
on each wing which are used as
defensive
organs.
It is a shy bird, and runs with great
rapidity.
Other
species
inhabit
New
Guinea,
Australia,
etc..
Hieroglyphic
::
Hieroglyphic
(a.) A
sacred
character;
a
character
in
picture
writing,
as of the
ancient
Egyptians,
Mexicans,
etc.
Specifically,
in the
plural,
the
picture
writing
of the
ancient
Egyptian
priests.
It is made up of
three,
or, as some say, four
classes
of
characters:
first,
the
hieroglyphic
proper,
or
figurative,
in which the
representation
of the
object
conveys
the idea of the
object
itself;
second,
the
ideographic,
consisting
of
symbols
representing
ideas,
not
sounds,
as an
ostrich
feather
is a s
Courser
::
Courser
(n.) A
grallatorial
bird of
Europe
(Cursorius
cursor),
remarkable
for its speed in
running.
Sometimes,
in a wider
sense,
applied
to
running
birds of the
Ostrich
family..
Ostrich
::
Ostrich
(n.) A large bird of the genus
Struthio,
of which
Struthio
camelus
of
Africa
is the best known
species.
It has long and very
strong
legs,
adapted
for rapid
running;
only two toes; a long neck,
nearly
bare of
feathers;
and short wings
incapable
of
flight.
The adult male is about eight feet
high..
Estrich
::
Estrich
(n.)
Ostrich.
Strutter
::
Struthious
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the
Struthiones,
or
Ostrich
tribe..
Estrich
::
Estrich
(n.) The down of the
ostrich.
Epiornis
::
Epiornis
(n.) One of the
gigantic
ostrichlike
birds of the genus
Aepiornis,
only
recently
extinct.
Its
remains
have been found in
Madagascar..
Dinornis
::
Dinornis
(n.) A genus of
extinct,
ostrichlike
birds of
gigantic
size, which
formerly
inhabited
New
Zealand.
See Moa..
Nandu
::
Nandu (n.) Any one of three
species
of South
American
ostriches
of the
genera
Rhea and
Pterocnemia.
See Rhea.
Struthiones
::
Struthiones
(n. pl.) A
division,
or
order,
of
birds,
including
only the
African
ostriches..
Rhea
::
Rhea (n.) Any one of three
species
of large South
American
ostrichlike
birds of the
genera
Rhea and
Pterocnemia.
Called
also the
American
ostrich.
Palapteryx
::
Palapteryx
(n.) A large
extinct
ostrichlike
bird of New
Zealand.
Odontolcae
::
Odontolcae
(n. pl.) An
extinct
order of
ostrichlike
aquatic
birds
having
teeth,
which are set in a
groove
in the jaw. It
includes
Hesperornis,
and
allied
genera.
See
Hesperornis..
Struthioidea
::
Struthio
(n.) A genus of birds
including
the
African
ostriches.
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