n 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)
n fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird
Kingston Farmers Market Moves From ostrich eggs to locally distilled spirits, you can probably find it at the Kingston Farmers Market's slightly new location.
June 9, 2013 - Middletown Times Herald-Record
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June 6, 2013 - Gothamist
Martin Buser in Forbes I don't know if I've ever had ostrich before,said Buser, when a plate of seared ostrich medallions, prawns and scallops with pancetta and pomegranate mustard, prepared on a three-burner stove by a gourmet chef flown in from Anchorage, was set...
Pervez Musharraf in International Herald Tribune At one point Musharraf said Karzai is behaving "like an ostrich," refusing to acknowledge the truth and trying to shore up his political standing at home.
Tom Lantos in Voice of America In a statement issued after news first arrived of Secretary Rice's 30 minute meeting with Syria's foreign minister Walid al-Moallem, Lantos called it, in his words, "a marked improvement in the administration's ostrich policy approach."