All that an ostrich does with its wings, indeed, is to spread them out when it is running, so that they may help it in keeping its balance.
They inhabit the Argentine plains, and are not nearly so large as the ostrich and the emu, but are quite as swift of foot, so that it is not at all easy for a man mounted on even a fast horse to overtake them.
In the first place, it is by far the largest of all living birds, for a full-grown maleostrich is taller than a very tall man.
They are formed like the ostrich and the emu, but have shorter necks, which are sometimes wattled and are marked with patches of brilliant red and blue and green.
The ostrich is rather a formidable bird, for it can kick forward with terrific force.
When an ostrichis running at full speed it takes most wonderful strides, its toes scarcely touching the ground as it dashes along.
The appetite of the ostrich is proverbial, and it would really be difficult to say what an ostrich will not swallow.
THE EMU In Australia the place of the ostrich is taken by the emu.
After he had seen Mary Rose properly astride the neglected ostrich Mr. Jerry took the seat beside Miss Thorley.
Each animal seemed so very desirable that she sighed as she finally selected an ostrich for the same reason that she had taken the black pony.
I have several times seen newly-hatched young in charge of a cock-ostrich who made a very good attempt at appearing lame in order to draw off the attention of pursuers.
To say that the roar of the ostrich is equal to that of the lion is no argument at all; it does not degrade the latter, it merely exalts the former.
Occasionally an ostrich would start up at our approach; but already we began to miss the familiar sight of the guanacos, which are, until one arrives as far south as we now were, an inevitable feature of a Patagonian landscape.
The flavour of ostrich meat generally is not unpleasant, especially when fat.
Of the items mentioned, I think the ostrich wings are the greatest delicacy, tasting something like turkey, and, as I then thought at least, perhaps even finer.
We were riding slowly along, talking about our late disappointment, when another ostrich started up almost from under our very feet.
We put into our saddle-bags sufficient ostrichmeat and puma fat to last us for three days--the time we calculated we should require to reach Sandy Point in.
It is not always as successful as it had been in the present case, as the dogs generally know the exact moment and in what direction the ostrich is going to double, and are prepared accordingly.
At the approach of danger the ostrich often crouches flat on the ground, with its neck stretched out under the grass, remaining motionless in this position till the dogs have gone past.
Already the foremost one was up to it, when the ostrich suddenly darted sideways, whilst the hounds, unable to stop their impetuous speed, shot forward a long way before they could recover themselves.
Not long after the guanaco-hunt an ostrich started up, so close to us that Guillaume could not resist the temptation, but went off in its pursuit, whilst I looked about for the nest.
For three days we had eaten next to nothing--in fact, less than I could ordinarily eat myself at one meal--and I have already said how little sustaining power there is even in a large quantity of lean guanaco or ostrich meat.
The Patagonian ostrich is much smaller than his African cousin, and the feathers are not nearly so valuable, the price usually paid for them at Sandy Point being from $1 to $2 per lb.
The costume of these men consisted of a short tunic, fastened by a sash with ends falling in front; a small band, in which were stuck two ostrich feathers hanging over on either side, bound their thick hair.
With the bones have been found eggs measuring from thirteen to fourteen inches in diameter, and computed to have the capacity of three Ostrich eggs.
Shortly after the nuptials, the Eagle said: "Fly off, and bring me back the ostrich you promised me.
Well, I have often caught and carried away an ostrich in my talons.
Hides and tallow constitute the leading exportations to America, while aloes and ostrich feathers are chief among the few other products sent here.
Ham is generally not half-soaked; as salt as brine, and hard as flint; and it would puzzle the stomach of an ostrich to digest it.
In their season they are cheap and plenty; and as they are crude and unripe they require the stomach of an ostrich to digest them.
On the back of her golden head she wore an enormous black crinoline hat, trimmed with great ostrich tips; altogether her appearance was too wonderful for Aunt Penelope to bear long with patience.
Indications are that in the near future Arizona will lead the world in ostrich farming and the production ofostrich feathers.
Among them is the emeu, a kind ofostrich that practically is wingless.
The articles which the Indians chiefly barter are skins, pelts, andostrich feathers.
Crest-an Ostrich or, holding in the mouth a horseshoe or.
A fan; especially, the fan carried before the pope on state occasions, made in ostrich and peacock feathers.
Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to running birds of the Ostrich family.
Of or pertaining to the Struthiones, or Ostrich tribe.
Having the structure of the palate like that of the ostrich and emu.
A shirt of dazzling whiteness was carefully drawn over his expansive chest, and in his equally white shawl-turban was placed an ostrich feather, the prized gift of the lady of the mansion.
One pure grey Heirie was decked with ostrich feathers, and had his bridle studded with rubies and emeralds, and gleaming topaz.
One hears of the sagacious ostrich which, when pursued by an enemy, hides its head in the sand.
Shortly after the nuptials, the Eagle said, "Fly off and bring me back the ostrich you promised me.
An ostrichfeather was a symbol of justice, because these feathers were supposed to be of equal length.
If it were a question of a beak or a nose, both are none the less joined to the end of a long neck turned backward, and, strictly speaking, it may be said that an ostrich is only a half giraffe.
Between an ostrich of great height and a giraffe of medium height, seen at a certain distance, it is easy to make a mistake.
A lion, by that sample, is as easy to dodge and club dead as an ostrich or easier.
As he clubbed the last ostrich I saw a lion step dazedly and tentatively out of one of the cages.
Shooting at an ostrich racing at top speed he never failed to decapitate it with one shot, invariably severing its neck about a hands-breadth below its head.
Actually, for a lone man, on level ground, far from any shelter, an angry full-grown young male ostrich is a formidable assailant and a dangerous antagonist.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ostrich" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
