Pronunciation AHD: ŏs'trĭch, ôs'trĭch IPA: British /'ɒs.trɪʧ/, American /'ɑs.trɪʧ/ or /'ɔs.trɪʧ/; alternatively (to all these pronunciations) /-strɪʤ/. SAMPA: /"QstrItS/ Noun ostrich large flightless bird native to Africa. Translations Albanian: struci Basque: ostruka Belarusian: страус Breton: struskańval Bulgarian: щраус (štraus) Catalan: estruç m Croatian: noj Czech: pštros Danish: struds Dutch: struisvogel m Esperanto: struto Estonian: jaanalind Faroese: strutsur Finnish: strutsi French: autruche m Frisian: strúsfûgel Friulian: struç Gallegan: avestruz German: Strauß m Greek: στρουθοκάμηλος Hungarian: strucc Icelandic: strútur Indonesian: burung unta Irish: ostrais Italian: struzzo m Japanese: ダチョウ (dachō) KiSwahili: mbuni Ladin: struz Latin: Struthio camelus Latvian: strauss Lithuanian: strutis Lower Sorbian: štrus Macedonian: ноj (noj) Mandarin: 鸵 / 鴕 (pinyin: tuó) Norwegian: struts Occitan: estruci Polish: struś m Portuguese: avestruz Romanian: struţ Romansh: strut Romany: astrechi m barimatango]] m Russian: страус (straus) Sami: struhcca Sardinian: (a-)bistrussu, istrutzu Scottish: struth Serbian: ноj (noj) Slovak: pštros Slovenian: noj Spanish: avestruz m Swedish: struts Turkish: devekuşu Ukrainian: страус (straus) Upper Sorbian: štrus Welsh: estrys See also cassowary emu nandu rhea Wikipedia article on ostrich