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Definition of Ratite
1. Noun. Flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds.
Generic synonyms: Bird
Specialized synonyms: Ostrich, Struthio Camelus, Cassowary, Dromaius Novaehollandiae, Emu, Emu Novaehollandiae, Apteryx, Kiwi, Rhea, Rhea Americana, Nandu, Pterocnemia Pennata, Rhea, Aepyornis, Elephant Bird, Moa
Antonyms: Carinate
Definition of Ratite
1. a. Of or pertaining to the Ratitæ.
Definition of Ratite
1. 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 ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ratite
1. a flightless bird [n -S]
Medical Definition of Ratite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ratite
Literary usage of Ratite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Again the geographical distribution of existing, or comparatively recent, ratite
forms points to the same conclusion. That these forms—Moo, Kiwi, ..."
2. The New Werner Twentieth Century Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica: A (1907)
"Again the geographical distribution of existing, or comparatively recent ratite
forms points to the same conclusion. That these forms — Moa, Kiwi, ..."
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