OSTRICH, n. A large bird to which (for its sins, doubtless) nature has…

Ambrose Bierce
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OSTRICH, n. A large bird to which (for its sins, doubtless) nature has denied that hinder toe . . . . The absence of a good working pair of wings is no defect, for, as has been ingeniously pointed out, the ostrich does not fly. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.176, University of Georgia Press
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