1) Aepyornis 2) Apteryx 3) Cassowary 4) Emu 5) Moa 6) Nandu
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1) Bird 2) Bird like an ostrich 3) Cassowaries 4) Cassowary or kiwi 5) Emu or moa 6) Emu or ostrich 7) Emu or rhea 8) Flightless bird 9) Kiwi 10) Kiwi or ostrich 11) Like the ostrich 12) Living fossil 13) Many an Australian bird 14) Ostrich or emu 15) Ostrich or kiwi 16) Ratite bird 17) Rhea 18) Rhea or cassowary
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Rheiformes rhea Casuariiformes cassowary and emu †Aepyornithiformes elephant bird †Dinornithiformes moa A ratite is any of a diverse group of large, flightless birds of the superorder Palaeognathae. The systematics involved has been in flux. Some sources state that ratites include the all flightless birds of the Palaeognathae; previously, all ...
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of, like or pertaining to flightless birds
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• (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ratitae. • (n.) One of the Ratitae.
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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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A family of large flightless birds that include ostriches, emus, and rheas, which U.S. farmers are b
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Rat'ite (răt'īt)
adjective (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Ratitæ. - -
noun One of the Ratitæ.
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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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n] - flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches
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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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Flightless bird that has a breastbone without the keel to which flight muscles are attached. Examples are ostrich, rhea, emu, cassowary, and kiwi
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a type of domestic bird that does not have a keel bone and includes ostriches, emus and rheas
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