the ostrich

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# Clue Answer As Given Value Round Category Air Date Show
The world's largest bird's egg is this one's, reaching 6 inches around & 3 pounds an ostrich $200 J THE BIRDS 2021-04-16 #8380
Big bird, indeed! One of these can grow to over 8 feet tall an ostrich $200 J THE BIRDS & THE BEES 2020-11-30 #8291
Flightless birds range from the 6-inch rail of the south Atlantic to this 9-footer an ostrich $400 J BIRDIES 2020-03-30 #8191
This tall flightless bird was supposedly uncaring about its own young, as in Job & Lamentations the ostrich $1,600 DJ BIRDS IN THE BIBLE 2020-01-06 #8131
Get your head out of the sand & know this largest living bird can be 8 feet tall & weigh around 350 pounds an ostrich $400 DJ GIVE US THE BIRD 2018-05-23 #7768
It's the fastest of all flightless birds the ostrich DD $2,000 DJ FLIGHTLESS BIRDS 2016-02-16 #7237
Better go buy some more seed for this flightless bird whose name is from the ancient Greek for "big sparrow" ostrich $1,600 DJ BIRD ORIGINS 2014-06-11 #6858
Its egg is not only the largest bird's egg, but also the smallest in relation to the size of the bird the ostrich $1,200 DJ IT'S A BIRD! 2010-09-24 #5985
This flightless bird of Africa uses its wings as rudders to help it change direction while running the ostrich $400 DJ FLIGHTLESS BIRDS 2010-06-07 #5936
It's big in Africa (heck, it's big everywhere):CHRISTO an ostrich $800 DJ ANAGRAMMED BIRDS 2008-04-28 #5451
Thomas Macaulay rudely said John Dryden's imagination resembled the wings of this large African bird the ostrich $600 J BIRD IS THE WORD 2008-01-16 #5378
This "camel bird" now found only in Central & South Africa doesn't really bury its head in the sand when threatened the ostrich $1,200 DJ BIRDS 2007-10-12 #5310
A big African:TO CHRIS ostrich $400 J ANAGRAMMED BIRDS 2004-02-24 #4487
Nearly half of the height of this largest living bird is neck the ostrich $200 J FLIGHTLESS BIRDS 2003-11-06 #4409
The largest bird in the world, this one, seen here, is also the fastest on land Ostrich $300 J BIRDS! BIRDS! BIRDS! 1999-09-07 #3447
A person who deliberately avoids facing facts is said to hide his head in the sand like this bird Ostrich $200 J BIRD WORDS & PHRASES 1999-03-15 #3351
Able to run up to 40 MPH, this largest flightless bird is the world's fastest bird on land Ostrich $100 J BIRDS 1997-05-23 #2945
Lions & occasionally cheetahs & leopards prey on this largest living bird Ostrich $400 DJ BIRDS 1996-12-12 #2829
It's the only bird larger than an emu an ostrich $200 DJ BIRDS 1996-01-10 #2618
This African bird can grow over 8 feet tall & in excess of 300 pounds the ostrich $200 J 7-LETTER BIRDS 1994-03-09 #2198
This largest bird can run 40 miles an hour, so it hardly matters that it can't fly an ostrich $600 DJ THE BIRDS 1993-11-10 #2113
It's a bird of extremes: tallest, fewest toes & biggest eggs the ostrich $100 J BIRDS 1991-10-21 #1641
This bird has the largest eye of any living land animal the ostrich $200 DJ THE BIRDS 1991-06-17 #1581
Luckily, since it can't fly, it's the fastest running bird the ostrich $100 J BIRDS 1990-10-19 #1410
The most expensive commercial leather from a bird comes from this one the ostrich $400 J BIRDS 1989-05-18 #1099
An omelette made with 1 of their eggs is equal in size to 1 made with 24 chicken eggs ostrich $200 J BIRDS 1986-05-14 #438
Bird God called foolish because it lays its eggs on the ground where they can be stepped on the ostrich $800 DJ BIBLICAL BIRDS 1985-11-04 #301
The only bird with only 2 toes on each foot an ostrich $500 J BIRDS 1985-02-26 #122
This flightless bird has been clocked at up to 40 mph an ostrich $200 J BIRDS 1985-02-22 #120
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