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Ostrich
- noun - a person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand)
- fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird
Ostwald
- noun - German chemist (1853-1932)
Otalgia
- noun - an ache localized in the middle or inner ear
Otalgic
- - Of or pertaining to otalgia. -- n. A remedy for otalgia.
Othello
- noun - the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who would not trust his wife
Othonna
- noun - a South African plant of the genus Othonna having smooth often fleshy leaves and heads of yellow flowers
Otocyst
- - An auditory cyst or vesicle; one of the simple auditory organs of many invertebrates, containing a fluid and otoliths; also, the embryonic vesicle from which the parts of the internal ear of vertebrates are developed.
Otolite
- - One of the small bones or particles of calcareous or other hard substance in the internal ear of vertebrates, and in the auditory organs of many invertebrates; an ear stone. Collectively, the otoliths are called ear sand and otoconite.
OTOLITH
- unknown - - one of three small oval calcareous bodies in the inner ear of vertebrates, involved in sensing gravity and movement.
Otology
- noun - the branch of medicine concerned with the ear