Look up: ratite

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   Ratite
   The ratite is a flightless bird with a breastbone without the keel to which flight muscles are attached. Examples are the ostrich, rhea, emu, cassowary, and kiwi.
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   ratite
   [n] - flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches
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   Ratite
   Rat'ite (răt'īt) adjective (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Ratitæ. - - noun One of the Ratitæ.
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   ratite
   <zoology> Of or pertaining to the Ratitae. ... One of the Ratitae. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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   ratite
   ratite bird noun flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds
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   Ratite
   A `ratite` is any of a diverse group of large, flightless birds of Gondwanan origin, most of them now extinct. Unlike other flightless birds, the ratites have no keel on their sternum and, lacking a strong anchor for their wing muscles, could not fly even were they to develop suitable wings. The name `ratite` comes from the Latin word for raft (`ratis`), because their breastbone looks like a raft. Most parts of the former Gondwana have ratites, ...
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   Ratite
   • (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ratitae. • (n.) One of the Ratitae.
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   ratite
   any bird whose sternum (breastbone) is smooth, or raftlike, because it lacks a keel to which flight muscles could be anchored. All species of ratites ... [1 related articles]
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   ratite
   ratite (răt'īt) , common and general term for a variety of flightless birds characterized by a flat, raftlike sternum rather than the keeled sternum, designed to support flight muscles, typical of most birds. Once used more technically, ratite, or Ratitae, is today but a loose coveri...
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