struisvogel
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of struis (“ostrich”) + vogel (“bird”). Attested since the 17th century, displacing earlier vogelstruis. The element struis derives from Latin strūthiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstrœy̯sˌfoː.ɣəl/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: struis‧vo‧gel
Noun
struisvogel m (plural struisvogels, diminutive struisvogeltje n)
- An ostrich, flightless bird of the genus Struthio
- Synonym: vogelstruis
- (particularly) The common ostrich, Struthio camelus
Derived terms
- Somalische struisvogel
- struisvogelboerderij
- struisvogelei
- struisvogelpolitiek
- struisvogelveer
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