ostriches
USAWS-trich-iz/ˈɔs.tɹɪt͡ʃ.ɪz/UKOS-trich-iz/ˈɒs.tɹɪt͡ʃ.ɪz/
- 1Plural of ostrich.
A group of ostriches sprinted away as the truck approached.
The farm raises ostriches for their meat, leather, and feathers.
Note
A regular plural that adds -es, the ending English gives nouns closing in a sibilant such as the -ch of ostrich. It serves every use of the singular, so ostriches need not be birds at all: figuratively they are people who bury their heads in the sand rather than face a problem, as in a board full of ostriches. Context, not form, tells the flock from the metaphor.
ostriches is a form of ostrich
ostrich, noun: A large flightless bird belonging to the order Struthioniformes. Full entry
- Forms
- ostrichostriches plural
- Spelling
- ostrich → ostriches: add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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