ostrichlike
- a word derived from ostrich.
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You can dive deep into timed combat challenges, or race the ostrichlike Chocobos on Mario Kart-inspired tracks.
From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2024
He populated Mars with clever, ostrichlike creatures who could learn snatches of human speech.
From Time Magazine Archive
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In the 1930s, government machine-gunners cut down 20,000 ostrichlike emus in a single sweep.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Q. But doesn't this represent an ostrichlike refusal to acknowledge the vast decrease in the threat to U.S. security?
From Time Magazine Archive
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It also formerly had a 400-pound ostrichlike flightless bird, plus some impressively big reptiles, including a one-ton lizard, a giant python, and land-dwelling crocodiles.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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