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Ratite

Of or pertaining to the Ratitae.

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Aepyornis 76% connected

A gigantic bird found fossil in Madagascar.

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Apteryx 76% connected

A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail; the kiwi. It is allie…

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Cassowary 76% connected

A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed with a kind of helmet o…

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Emu 76% connected

A large Australian bird, of two species (Dromaius Novae-Hollandiae and D. irroratus), related to the cassowary and the ostrich. The emu runs swiftly,…

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Moa 76% connected

Any one of several very large extinct species of wingless birds belonging to Dinornis, and other related genera, of the suborder Dinornithes, found i…

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Nandu 76% connected

Any one of three species of South American ostriches of the genera Rhea and Pterocnemia. See Rhea.

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Ostrich 76% connected

A large bird of the genus Struthio, of which Struthio camelus of Africa is the best known species. It has long and very strong legs, adapted for rapi…

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Rhea 76% connected

The ramie or grass-cloth plant. See Grass-cloth plant, under Grass.

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Bird 76% connected

Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).

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