noun, feminine/o.tʁyʃ/plural: autruches
ostrich
Related: faire l'autruche, politique de l'autruche
Inherited from Old French ostruce, according to the TLFi, from Vulgar Latin *austrūthiō, from Latin avis (“bird”) + strūthiō (“ostrich”), from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn). Compare Spanish avestruz and Italian struzzo.