Definition of Ostrich

Orthography

OSTRICH noun

	A large bird to which (for its sins, doubtless) nature has denied that hinder toe in which so many pious naturalists have seen a conspicuous evidence of design. The absence of a good working pair of wings is no defect, for, as has been ingeniously pointed out, the ostrich does not fly.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Otherwise

Last updated: 9/3/2011 12:48:30