Noun
A large bird of the genus Struthio, of which Struthio camelus of Africa is the best known species. It has long and very strong legs, adapted for rapid running; only two toes; a long neck, nearly bare of feathers; and short wings incapable of flight. The adult male is about eight feet high.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAmerica cannot be an ostrich with its head in the sand. Woodrow Wilson
I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve. I was once described by my own son Stephen as an emotional ostrich. Pierre Salinger
His imagination resembled the wings of an ostrich. It enabled him to run, though not to soar. Thomas Babington Macaulay
You must walk a long while behind a wild goose before you find an ostrich feather. Danish Proverb
More fearful than an ostrich. Arabic Proverb
The ostrich was asked to carry a load, it said. I'm a bird. It was asked to fly, it said, I'm a camel. Persian Proverb