Ratite

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  • adjective. Relating to or being any of a group of flightless birds having a flat breastbone without the keellike prominence characteristic of most flying birds.
  • noun. A ratite bird, such as the ostrich or emu.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Raft-breasted, as a bird; having a flat breast-bone or sternum with no keel; having no keel, as a breast-bone; ecarinate; of or pertaining to the.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to the Ratitæ.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. 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
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  • noun. flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bird  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    Rhea  aepyornis  apteryx  cassowary  dromaius novaehollandiae  
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