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Related Terms:
nandu
flightless
elephant bird
ostrich
moa
extinct
struthious
running
ratites
kiwi
struthioniformes
rhea
bird
emu
tinamou
dodo
carinate
struthionine
order
cassowary
Definitions:
Noun
ratite
ratite bird
flightless bird
Definition: flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds
Definition: 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
Adjective
Definition: Pertaining to the order Struthioniformes (as opposed to carinate).