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Definition of Ostriches
1. ostrich [n] - See also: ostrich
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ostriches
Literary usage of Ostriches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reynard the Fox in South Africa: Or, Hottentot Fables and Tales by Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel Bleek (1864)
"They did so, and as they were many, the ostriches were obliged to run along
through the ... The ostriches hearing this, ran so tremendously that they quite ..."
2. Elementary Zoology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1901)
"The ostriches, familiar to all from pictures and to some from live ... There are
about a score of species of ostriches and ostrich-like birds all confined ..."
3. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"The ostrich is the large African running-bird. It has been successfully domesticated
in America and elsewhere for its feathers. Most of the ostriches in ..."
4. Home Life on an Ostrich Farm by Annie Martin (1891)
"... and the impatience I felt to enter on all the duties and pleasures of farm
life among the ostriches, I was really sorry when the time of departure came, ..."
5. Official Handbook: History, Productions and Resources of the Cape of Good Hope by John Noble (1886)
"There having been no census taken since 1875, the number of ostriches in the Cape
Colony at the present time is not exactly known, but taking the known ..."
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