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Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the older form vogel struis, reinterpreted as a compound of vogel + struis, from Middle Dutch vogel struus, calque of Latin avis strūthiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /voː.ɣəl.strœy̯s/
- Hyphenation: vo‧gel‧struis
Noun
vogelstruis m (plural vogelstruisen or vogelstruizen)
- (archaic) ostrich
- Synonym: struisvogel