Alternative spelling of ostrichlike

Matteuccia struthiopteris, a crown-forming, colony-forming fern occurring in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in eastern and northern Europe, northern Asia and northern North America.

plural of ostrich fern

ornithomimosaur

plural of ostrich dinosaur

(idiomatic) The tendency to ignore obvious problems and pretend they do not exist; ostrichism.

(now historical) An extinct subspecies of ostrich, †Struthio camelus syriacus, that lived on the Arabian Peninsula.

(derogatory) A style of politics that evades rather than addresses problems; ostrichism.

(politics) A group of countries run by governments or leaders that have taken the stance of denying the significance and downplaying the effects of the COVID-19 crisis.

(law) An instruction to jurors telling them they may equate willful ignorance with actual knowledge.