ostrich

Possessives

• eye: An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
• egg: She said she just thought they were special - ostrich's eggs or something.

Converse of object

• play: It is easy to play the ostrich and pretend that the disaster that is waiting to happen is a figment of imagination.
• see: See ostrich in a farm setting on the banks of the river Eden.
• include: I like the idea of trying hard to include an ostrich into the Christmas story.
• ride: Passengers can join a tour of an ostrich farm or try riding an ostrich.
• do: Why does an ostrich have such a long neck?
• feed: Beside, who's going to feed the ostrich?

Adjective modifier

• male: No unarmed man on earth could stand long before a furious male ostrich without being killed.
• proverbial: We need to engage with our culture and the issues it raises and faces, not bury our heads like the proverbial ostrich.
• female: Showing a female ostrich incubating eggs on a nest consisting of a small circular mound of sand in a field.
• giant: The collection includes a vast range of birds from tiny finches to giant ostriches and talking parrots to diving penguins.
• huge: I looked round and observed eight or ten huge ostriches stalking toward me with slow funereal gait.

Modifies a noun

• feather: The revenue derived from the export of ostrich feathers in 1899 was recorded at half a million.
• Media: Ostrich Media reserves the right to change these rules from time to time.
• plume: She was depicted by Egyptian artists as a woman wearing an ostrich plume on her head.
• steak: Best sellers include baked aubergine, Moroccan lamb and date tagine and ostrich filet steak.
• burger: Do you go spare if you miss your monthly ostrich burger?
• egg: Many of the tombs in the Royal Cemetery were provided with ostrich eggs.

Noun used with modifier

• baby: Meet Ostriches and see baby ostriches hatching in the hatchery.