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OSTRICH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird
Synonyms:
ostrich; Struthio camelus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ostrich" is a kind of...):
flightless bird; ratite; ratite bird (flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds)
Holonyms ("ostrich" is a member of...):
genus Struthio; Struthio (type genus of the Struthionidae: African ostriches)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ostrich" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
