English dictionary
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English noun: ostrich | |||
| 1. | ostrich (person) 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) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
| 2. | ostrich (animal) fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird | ||
| Synonyms | Struthio camelus | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird | ||
| Member meronym | genus Struthio, Struthio | ||
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