Hide and Ostrich

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Hide noun - The hairless natural covering of an animal prepared for use.

Usage example: boots made of shiny alligator hide

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Ostrich and hide are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ostrich" instead a noun "Hide".

Nearby Words: hideous, hiding, hideously, hided

Ostrich noun - Fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird.

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Hide and ostrich are semantically related. You can use "Hide" instead a noun "Ostrich".

In "Bunga The Wise," Bunga tells an ostrich who's scared of hyenas to hide her head in the ground to avoid seeing them.

Source: Western Animation / The Lion Guard
The image of an ostrich hiding its head is used often in political cartoons, usually to portray politicians who hide from luring problems such as a crisis, recession, depression, complaints of the people or an enemy power rising.

Source: Ostrich Head Hiding
In the Stanley episode, "Honest Ostrich", Stanley feels he let Marci down when he can't find a soccer ball she let him borrow for a big game, and he wishes that he could hide his head in the sand like an ostrich and forget the whole day.

Source: Ostrich Head Hiding

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