Phrase Hound found 16 phrases and 6 compound words that contain ostrich. The most common are listed below. Open ostrich in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 16
- ostrich policyThe tendency to ignore obvious problems and pretend they do not exist; ostrichism.
- ostrich fernMatteuccia struthiopteris, a crown-forming, colony-forming fern occurring in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in eastern and northern Europe, northern Asia and northern North America.
- Somali ostrichStruthio molybdophanes, a large flightless bird native to the Horn of Africa, previously considered to be a subspecies of the common ostrich.
- Arabian ostrichAn extinct subspecies of ostrich, †Struthio camelus syriacus, that lived on the Arabian Peninsula.
- ostrich instructionAn instruction to jurors telling them they may equate wilful ignorance with actual knowledge.
- ostrich politicsA style of politics that evades rather than addresses problems; ostrichism.
- ostrich dinosaurornithomimosaur
- ostrich dinosaursplural of ostrich dinosaur: ornithomimosaur
- Ostrich AllianceA group of countries run by governments or leaders that have taken the stance of denying the significance and downplaying the effects of the COVID-19 crisis.
- South African ostrichStruthio camelus australis, a subspecies of the common ostrich endemic to South Africa, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola, and Botswana.
- ostrich-likeAlternative spelling of ostrichlike: Resembling or characteristic of an ostrich; struthian
- ostrich instructionsplural of ostrich instruction: An instruction to jurors telling them they may equate wilful ignorance with actual knowledge.
- ostrich policiesplural of ostrich policy: The tendency to ignore obvious problems and pretend they do not exist; ostrichism.
- ostrich fernsplural of ostrich fern: Matteuccia struthiopteris, a crown-forming, colony-forming fern occurring in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in eastern and northern Europe, northern Asia and northern North America.
- blue-necked ostrichSynonym of Somali ostrich: Struthio molybdophanes, a large flightless bird native to the Horn of Africa, previously considered to be a subspecies of the common ostrich.
- American ostrichrhea (Rhea americana)
Compound words 6
- ostrichyResembling or characteristic of an ostrich.
- ostrichismThe act of hiding, often unsuccessfully, by ducking one's head out of view.
- ostrichlikeResembling or characteristic of an ostrich; struthian
- osturduckenAn ostrich stuffed with a turducken; that is, a boned chicken stuffed with some sort of breadcrumb or sausage stuffing, inside a boned duck, inside a boned turkey, inside a boned ostrich.
- ostrichitisA policy of keeping one's head in the sand, denying the reality of a problem or threat.
- ostrichizeTo engage in ostrichism; to bury one's head in the sand; to deliberately ignore problems.