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Meanings of ostrich in English
Usage of ostrich in English
1
From broad-brimmed hat floated the longest ostrich feather procurable in the shops.
2
The ostrich has been seen feeding on the gum of the tholukh-tree.
3
While ginormous ostrich attacks are rare, it seems that they do happen.
4
It was Richard who first found the wit to realize the ostrich-play.
5
The camel is a topsy-turvy ship and the ostrich a topsy-turvy bird.
6
Then the hunter runs up and kills the ostrich with a knife.
7
He had evaded climbing the Pyramids and fled from the ostrich farm.
8
I definitely don't remember seeing barbecued ostrich fillets at Homelands or Féile.
9
Then I can lasso the rooster and make an ostrich of him.
10
You're just a dear little ostrich hiding its head in the sand.
11
Among the recruits who had enlisted he distributed feathers and ostrich plumes.
12
The island abounded with cassowaries, the East Indian ostrich, and wild hogs.
13
The fan here described was composed of ostrich-feathers set with precious stones.
14
People were wont to say they had the digestion of an ostrich.
15
Ned asked what kind of ground was best suited for the ostrich.
16
They do no fencing, except where they go in for ostrich breeding.
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
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