ostrich

noun

fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet

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)

Roots

strouthosostr- · Greek · sparrow, bird strouthionich- · Greek · great sparrow (ostrich)

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