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Rhea or ostrich
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ratite
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds [syn: ratite bird , flightless bird ] [ant: carinate ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A bird of the order of Struthioniformes, a diverse group of large running, flightless birds, mostly extinct, but including the cassowary, elephant bird, emu, kiwi, moa, ostrich, rhea and tinamou
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ratite \Rat"ite\ (r[a^]t"[imac]t), a. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Ratit[ae]. -- n. One of the Ratit[ae].
Usage examples of ratite.
Texas ratite industry enjoyed a boom in the late 1980s akin to the booms enjoyed by the Texas petroleum industry in times past.