Ostrich (disambiguation)

Not to be confused with Österreich.

An ostrich is a type of large flightless bird.

Ostrich may also refer to:

Animals

• Common ostrich (Struthio camelus), the more widespread of the two living species of ostrich
• Pachystruthio, a genus of prehistoric animals known as giant ostrich
• Ostrich dinosaur or Ornithomimosauria, a group of bird-like dinosaurs
• Ostrich foot shell, any of the molluscs in the genus Struthiolaria

Plants

• Ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris)
• Ostrich plume or red ginger (Alpinia purpurata)

Entertainment

• Ostrich (album), by Crack the Sky, 2012
• An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It, a 2021 stop-motion animated short film
• Ossie Ostrich, Australian television show puppet
• "The Ostrich", novelty single by Lou Reed
• Ostrich GT, a record label founded by Jack Straker of Beachbuggy

Science and technology

Journals

• Ostrich (journal), a journal of African ornithology

Ships

• HMS Ostrich, more than one ship of the British Royal Navy
• USS Ostrich, more than one United States Navy ship

Technical principles

• Ostrich algorithm, computer science terminology
• Ostrich effect, behavioural finance terminology
• Ostrich strategy, economics terminology

Other

• Ostrich guitar, an unconventional guitar tuning scheme
• Ostrich leather
• Ostrich Media, a British company
• Ostrich people, the Vadoma or Wadoma people from the west of Zimbabwe, many of whom have only two large toes like an ostrich